By The Law Journal Editorial Board | December 20, 2024
We support the Freedom to Read Act's effort to protect access to books for New Jersey students while providing a process for those who object.
By Trudy Knockless | December 19, 2024
“The issues in higher education are some of the most compelling out there right now,” said David Simon, former general counsel of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
By Lindsay Burrill-VanDellen | December 16, 2024
Title IX has an exception that allows widespread state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ+ students in universities across the nation: the religious exemption. While Congress intended this exemption to be narrow—not “a giant loophole leading to widespread sex discrimination in education”—it has been anything but narrow, and as a result, Congress’ fears about widespread discrimination are being realized.
By Mark Pinkert and Jason Torchinsky | December 6, 2024
The second Trump Administration has a unique opportunity to combat antisemitism by taking a multifaceted, whole-of-government approach.
By Kat Black | December 6, 2024
New Village, a nonprofit public high school that enrolls "at-risk" young women in Los Angeles, was awarded more than $250,000 and granted its petition to receive supplemental funding from the California Department of Education by a Los Angeles Superior Court on Dec. 3.
By Mason Lawlor | December 3, 2024
In a 2-1 decision, a dissenting judge concluded school officials in Illinois allowed recent school shootings, including in Uvalde, Texas, to influence its punishment of a middle school student.
By Colleen Murphy | November 27, 2024
“Given how central the trans issue was to Trump’s campaign, you have this bizarre situation where what had been a fringe issue in Title IX is suddenly not just the central legal issue in these challenges to the rule, but was an important reason why Trump won,” Brooklyn College history and legal affairs professor KC Johnson said.
By Mason Lawlor | November 27, 2024
"Plaintiffs cite no case law to suggest that a student has a constitutional right to receive a certain grade on an assignment, to avoid a Saturday detention, or to gain membership in an extracurricular group such as the National Honor Society," U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul G. Levenson said in a Nov. 20 opinion.
By Colleen Murphy | November 26, 2024
“I do not think it is as simple as announcing that the Department [of Education] be dismantled,” Elizabeth L. Troutman, a partner with Brooks Pierce, said.
By Christina Gallagher | November 22, 2024
With ever-changing guidance, court decisions, and OCR investigations, determining what kind of K-12 conduct triggers Title IX’s protections is often a hotly debated subject in the Title IX world.
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