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Handcuffs in Third Grade
Most people would think twice before they used handcuffs on a child. They would hesitate to use them on an eight-year old. They would never think of applying them above the child’s elbows. Yet last month a federal appeals court in Kentucky held that the parents of schoolchildren could not sue an official for doing…
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Sitting For The Pledge
Earlier this month a high school principal in Houston, Texas made a student leave when she wouldn’t stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. An experienced student discipline attorney could have advised her against it. India Landry’s action was not new. She had sat for the Pledge for as long as she could remember. “I don’t…
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Union Fees Case Before US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court will hear argument on the right of teachers’ unions to charge non-members ‘service’ or ‘agency’ fees. In Connecticut the Teacher Negotiation Act lets each union bargain for all of that board’s employees. The teachers in that district that don’t belong to the union must still pay a share of what it…
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FERPA and Special Education
In “Guidance for Parents” (2011) the U.S. Department of Education pointed out how FERPA might affect the rights of special education students. The Department said that under FERPA, a parent has the right to request that inaccurate or misleading information in his or her child’s education records be amended. While a school is not required…