Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
See also: Supreme Court, Court Cases, First Amendment, Student Rights
Law & Courts Oxford School Shooter's Parents Were Convicted. Holding District Liable Could Be TougherThe conviction of parents in the Oxford, Mich., case expanded the scope of responsibility, but it remains difficult to hold schools liable.
Law & Courts Oklahoma Supreme Court Weighs 'Test Case' Over the Nation's First Religious Charter SchoolThe state attorney general says the Catholic-based school is not permitted under state law, while supporters cite U.S. Supreme Court cases.
Law & Courts When Blocking Social Media Critics, School Officials Have Protections, Supreme Court SaysThe court said public officials' own pages may be "state action," but only when they are exercising government authority.
Law & Courts Oklahoma Nonbinary Student's Death Shines a Light on Families' Legal Recourse for BullyingStudents facing bullying and harassment from their peers face legal roadblocks in suing districts, but settlements appear to be on the rise
Law & Courts Supreme Court Declines Case on Selective High School Aiming to Boost Racial DiversitySome advocates saw the K-12 case as the logical next step after last year's decision against affirmative action in college admissions
Law & Courts School District Lawsuits Against Social Media Companies Are Piling UpMore than 200 school districts are now suing the major social media companies over the youth mental health crisis.
Law & Courts In 1974, the Supreme Court Recognized English Learners' Rights. The Story Behind That CaseThe Lau v. Nichols ruling said students have a right to a "meaningful opportunity" to participate in school, but its legacy is complex.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Declines to Hear School District's Transgender Restroom CaseThe case asked whether federal law protects transgender students on the use of school facilities that correspond to their gender identity.
Law & Courts What a Proposed Ban on AI-Assisted ‘Deep Fakes’ Would Mean for CyberbullyingStudents who create AI-generated, intimate images of their classmates would be breaking federal law, if a new bill is enacted.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Declines Case on Corporal Punishment for Student With AutismThe justices refused to hear the appeal of an 11-year-old Louisiana student who alleges that two educators slapped her on her wrists.
Law & Courts U.S. Supreme Court Declines Bid to Rename 'Brown v. Board of Education'Descendants argued that their case, not the one from Topeka, Kan., should have topped the 1954 decision on racial segregation in schools.
Law & Courts Court Backs Race-Neutral Criteria in Selective K-12 SchoolsIn a case involving Boston's "exam schools," the 1st Circuit said even admissions plans with a goal of boosting racial diversity pass muster.
Law & Courts Producers of Toxic Chemicals in Schools Owe Hundreds of Millions in Damages, Jury SaysBayer, the company that owns Monsanto, owes more than $850 million to parents and children who suffered prolonged PCB exposure.
Law & Courts Florida Teachers Sue Over State Law Restricting Their Pronoun UseThe teachers seek to overturn the measure, which prohibits them from using gender-neutral honorifics or pronouns that don't match their sex at birth.
Law & Courts Lawsuit Over a Transgender School Sports Policy Revived by Federal Appeals CourtThe 2nd Circuit court stressed that it was not deciding the underlying issue in the case of whether Title IX bars such a policy.
