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Symposium Revisits Landmark Student-Speech Cases

Key players on both sides come together to discuss pivotal U.S. Supreme Court cases involving students' free-speech rights. (October 2, 2012)

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08/01 09:35 am | Judge Rejects Education Dept. Subpoena Against Private Group | A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Department of Education's attempt to enforce subpoenas against a California higher education group.

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States may use the U.S. Supreme Court ruling to challenge federal spending in education and other programs.
July 12, 2012 - Education Week
July 11, 2012 - McClatchy-Tribune
A change in federal policy and a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court may help broaden opportunities for young illegal immigrants, say educators and advocates.
July 6, 2012 - Education Week
UNCF's Michael Lomax explores the legacy of desegregation in the rise of charter schools.
June 25, 2012 - Education Week
In the past two years, a trio of lawsuits have targeted rules governing teacher evaluation, seniority, or due process.
June 5, 2012 - Education Week
The toughest of a wave of state laws targeting illegal immigrants, Alabama's statute is affecting learning for all the Latino students in Foley, Ala.
June 1, 2012 - Education Week
Nearly six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, attention is focusing on a handful of charter schools that were specifically created to be racially and socioeconomically diverse alternatives to the regular public schools in their neighborhoods.
June 1, 2012 | Updated: January 30, 2013 - Education Week
New guidelines from education, religious, and First Amendment groups are warning schools to be mindful of students' free-speech rights as they step up anti-bullying efforts.
May 22, 2012 - Education Week
Schools cannot block access to nonpornographic websites that deal with homosexuality, the ACLU's Joshua Block writes.
May 15, 2012 - Education Week
Some behavior in such situations can now be deemed illegal under state cyberbullying laws or even cyber-impersonation and identify-theft laws.
April 3, 2012 - Education Week

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