Who has more authority in deciding how a child will be disciplined at school, especially when a parent’s belief in how his or her child is to be disciplined is at odds with a school’s disciplinary practices?
Read the full storyThe behavioral intervention plan (BIP) is related to the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Read the full storyIn Beilan v. Board of Public Education (1958), the U.S. Supreme Court was faced with the issue of whether a teacher’s dismissal for incompetence...
Read the full storyIn Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986), the Supreme Court held that school officials did not violate a high school student’s free speech and due process rights when he was disciplined for making a lewd and vulgar speech at a school assembly.
Read the full storySeveral educational programs exist within public school systems to address the instructional needs of students who do not speak English.
Read the full storyThe Bill of Rights is generally recognized as a part of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees each person certain basic rights.
Read the full storyBishop v. Wood (1976) dealt with an employment dispute between a former police officer and the city for which he worked.
Read the full storyHugo Lafayette Black served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from August 17, 1937, to September 17, 1971.
Read the full storyIn Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico (1982)...
Read the full storyThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002)...
Read the full storyBoard of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet presents a somewhat unusual controversy as far as church-state suits are concerned.
Read the full storyIn 1982, the Supreme Court decided Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley.
Read the full storyIn Board of Education of Westside Community Schools v. Mergens (1990), the U.S. Supreme Court held that, on its face, the Equal Access Act does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
Read the full storyAt issue in Board of Education of Central School District No. 1 v. Allen) (1968), often simply called Board of Education v. Allen, was the constitutionality of the loan of textbooks to students in religiously affiliated nonpublic schools.
Read the full storyBoard of Regents v. Roth (1972) is a seminal case over the due process rights of educators in public schools who are facing termination or nonrenewal of their employment contracts.
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