Greenwood Public School District (GPSD) in Mississippi hired Montrell Greene as superintendent in April 2013. Greene held a three-year term contract through June 2018, but was terminated effective January 4, […]
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In Morath v. Lewis, No. 03-16-00603-CV, 2018 WL 1527875 (Tex. App. Mar. 29, 2018), the appeals court said, yes, and allowed a group of parents to proceed with their claim
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Since July 2017, officials from the U.S. Department of Education have closed at least 65 investigations into school discipline cases in districts singled out for disparately enacting strict disciplinary actions
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At a recent hearing hosted by the Texas Education Agency, school administrators from across the state testified that they expect they will need to receive more funding in order to
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After Christy Williams was terminated from her position at the Tarrant County College District (TCCD), she filed suit for discrimination, failure to accommodate, and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities
Transgender Student Presented Sufficient Evidence Of Harm Resulting From The District’s Bathroom Policy; U.S. Supreme Court Declines To Hear The Case The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear
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The New York public school teacher filed suit against the city department of education, the school’s principal, and the school’s vice principal, claiming that her negative evaluations and subsequent termination
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What do you do when a parent asks for a copy of video surveillance depicting an incident on campus when the video contains images of both innocent bystanders, as well
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This week, every public school in West Virginia was shut down due to a teacher’s strike. Teacher protests, such as the one in West Virginia, implicate First Amendment rights. When
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The U.S. Department of Education will no longer investigate or take action on complaints filed by transgender students who are banned from restrooms that match their gender identity, according to
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