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“Reopening Hesitancy” Threatens Fall 2021
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The Tarnished Shield of Qualified Immunity
Cases involving teachers, principals, and school board members have been central to the evolution of a legal doctrine that also often protects abusive police from financial liability.
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States Grapple with Standardized Testing during Pandemic
“Teaching without testing is talking”
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The Title IX Spotlight Shifts from the Campus to the Schoolhouse
New federal rules aim at preventing sexual harassment and assault in elementary and secondary education
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Public-School Attendance Zones Violate a Civil Rights Law
The Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 may offer creative litigators a strategy to redraw school-assignment maps.
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Statewide Standardized Assessments Were in Peril Even Before the Coronavirus. Now They’re Really in Trouble.
To survive bipartisan backlash, tests will have to “actually help kids learn”
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Should DeVos Ask Congress To Waive Parts of the Special Education Law amid the Coronavirus Pandemic?
The best cases for—and against—changing the rules.
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Don’t Waive Rights, Require Districts To Make a Good Faith Effort
Forum: Should DeVos Ask Congress To Waive Parts of the Special Education Law amid the Coronavirus Pandemic?
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