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New Title IX Rules Require Hearings, Cross-Examinations in Colleges But Not High Schools
Comment Deadline Nears For Proposed DeVos Policy
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Turkey’s Fight Against U.S. Charters
An autocrat declares war on high-performing American schools
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Looking Past the Wreckage of a Disgraceful Confirmation Process
By securing a conservative majority on the court for the foreseeable future, Kavanaugh’s confirmation can be expected to accelerate ongoing shifts to the right in constitutional doctrine.
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EdStat: A Recent Scan Covering the Past 40 Years Found 80 Cases Alleging Education Malpractice
Only one of those cases was successful.
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The Education Exchange: Why Did the Supreme Court Change Course on Agency Fees?
On the last day of its 2017-2018 term, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Janus vs. AFSCME that public employee unions can no longer collect agency fees from non-members. Clint Bolick, an associate justice of the Arizona Supreme Court, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss why the U.S. Supreme Court felt it was necessary to overrule a decision from the 1970s allowing agency fees.
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EdStat: 54% of Public School Teachers are Opposed to Agency Fees
Only 25% of the public favor collecting union dues from non-members.
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EdStat: Following the Janus Supreme Court Decision, Unions in 22 States Can No Longer Collect Agency Fees
Six states had already passed right-to-work legislation removing unions’ rights to assess agency fees.
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Q&A: Rebecca Friedrichs
Reflections on the Janus v. AFSCME ruling, from the plaintiff in a similar case