It isn’t just ordinary parents who sometimes find themselves unable to cope with the extreme demands placed on them by a troubled, potentially violent child.
In a verdict that should serve as a warning to school administrators elsewhere, a Florida jury has ordered a private school to pay $4 million to a 12-year-old whose arm…
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused cert in a case that could have given the justices an opportunity to rule on the requirements for tuition reimbursement for disabled children.
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s recusal left the U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 yesterday in a decision interpreting federal law on tuition reimbursement for special-needs kids. The…
Supreme Court justices appear to favor an interpretation of a federal law that makes it more difficult for parents to get tuition reimbursement for their special-needs children, the Oct 2, 2007 11:00 AM CDT
A Massachusetts appellate judge has ruled a Harvard med student should get more break time during a clinical licensing exam so she can pump breast milk.
Nationwide statistics show that African-American students are disciplined far more than they should be, based on their percentage in the overall public school population. Yet the federal office charged with…
A Harvard University medical student about to begin her residency has lost a court case seeking extra time to pump breast milk while she takes a national clinical knowledge exam.
A civil rights march tomorrow expected to draw tens of thousands to a tiny central Louisiana town isn’t just about perceived injustice concerning six black high school students.
A lack of communication, misunderstood medical privacy laws and inadequate mental health treatment options share the blame along with gunman Seung Hui Cho for a shooting spree in which he…
In a controversial report, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights may not call for an outright ban on law school affirmative action. But by putting its weight behind a 2004…
Despite decades of efforts to end “separate but equal” public education for children of different races, the nation’s school system is getting more segregated rather than less.
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