The School Law Blog
This blawg covers news, court decisions and analysis relating to K-12 education. It is aimed not just at education lawyers but at teachers, school administrators and parents.
Author: Mark Walsh covers school law issues in the U.S. Supreme Court and in lower courts for Education Week.
Blawg Related Categories: Education Law • Legal News Publication • Legal Information
Recent Posts from The School Law Blog
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Why an Anti-Abortion Truck May Be Coming to Your School
A federal appeals court ruled today that authorities violated the rights of members of an anti-abortion group by ordering them to stop driving a truck displaying large, graphic images of aborted... [[ This is a…
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Maine, Arizona High Courts Rule in Private School Choice Cases
Maine's highest court has ruled that towns may not provide a subsidy to parents who pay tuition to send their children to private religious schools. Meanwhile, Arizona's highest court has issued an... [[ This is…
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Milwaukee Teachers May Display Bargaining Signs in Class, Court Rules
A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that public school teachers in Milwaukee may display signs calling for a new union contract in their classrooms. The city school system had sought to bar... [[ This is…
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The Second Amendment and Guns Near Schools
With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling 5-4 today that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a gun unconnected to a militia, I thought I'd point out the lengthy decision's few... [[ This…
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5th Circuit Frees Two Texas Districts From Desegregation Order
A federal appeals court has ruled that two small Texas school districts do not have to comply with restrictions on student transfers under a broad 1970 desegregation order because those districts had... [[ This is…
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Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Child Rape
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today that the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments bars the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child. While the... [[ This is…
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Home Schooling Case Reheard by California Court
A California appeals court heard new arguments on Monday in a closely watched case on home schooling. The Los Angeles Times reports here that advocates for home-schooling urged the court to... [[ This is a…
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4th Circuit Backs School District on Political Speech
A federal appeals court ruled today that a South Carolina school district did not violate the free-speech rights of a local citizen when it denied him access to its Web site and other communications... [[…
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Supreme Court Declines Appeals on Corporal Punishment, Teacher Testing, and Special Education
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear the appeal of a former high school student who filed a constitutional challenge to being paddled in a public school. The case was one of three school...…
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Friday Roundup: Calif. Homeschooling, Background Checks, and the Growth of Education Law Blogs
A few odds and ends at the end of the week: California Homeschool Case Returns:The homeschooling case that caused a major stir earlier this year is scheduled for reargument before a California... [[ This is…