Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1 v. Hudson (1986) was significant for school labor relations...
Read the full storyCheating is usually defined as deliberately engaging in dishonest or fraudulent behavior for one’s own gain.
Read the full storyCharter schools are publicly funded, tuition-free schools of choice that have greater autonomy than traditional public schools.
Read the full storyIn Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires school boards to provide full-time nursing services to students with disabilities who need them during the school day.
Read the full storyLong a major force in American education, new Roman Catholic elementary and secondary schools continue to open in such geographically diverse locations as Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Orlando.
Read the full storyMay school officials be sued for monetary damages if they violate a student’s right to due process?
Read the full storyCantwell v. Connecticut (1940) was a U.S. Supreme Court case involving door-to-door religious solicitations.
Read the full storyAt issue in Cannon v. University of Chicago was whether a private right of action existed under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in a suit where a woman claimed that she was denied admission to a medical school on the basis of her sex.
Read the full storyIn 1982, the Parliament of the United Kingdom, at the request of the Dominion of Canada, renamed the British North America Act, 1867 as the Constitution Act, 1867...
Read the full storyBurlington Industries v. Ellerth (1998) addressed sexual harassment in the workplace, with the Supreme Court establishing guidelines for employers who hope to make an affirmative defense against such complaints.
Read the full storyThe Burger Court is defined by the years that Warren Earl Burger presided as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read the full storyTo many observers, the appointment of Warren E. Burger to chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon signified a conservative counterresponse to the oft-characterized liberal judicial activism of the Court when it was led by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Read the full storyPublic bureaucracies were created historically to implement legislation through delegated power in all types of political regimes, whether democratic, monarchic, republican, or dictatorial.
Read the full storyBullying can be defined as long-standing physical or psychological violence carried out both repeatedly and over time...
Read the full storyIn May 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ushered in an era that would end the rights of states to mandate the separation of the races in public education.
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