As The New York Times recently reported, a Colorado school district is facing a lawsuit after refusing to allow a six-year-old transgender student to use the girls’ bathroom in a local elementary school. The case highlights...more
4/3/2013 - ACLU Discrimination Gender Discrimination Public Schools Students Transgender
In a Dear Colleague letter issued last week to chief state school officers, the U.S. Department of Education called for immediate action to reduce gender-based violence in schools. The letter is short and sets forth only a...more
3/6/2013 - Discrimination DOE Gender Discrimination Gender-Based Violence Public Schools
A federal trial court in Chicago recently decided that a disabled applicant for a substitute teacher position at Zion School District No. 6 alleged sufficient facts against the District to proceed with a lawsuit against it....more
1/8/2013 - ADA Defamation Disability Disability Discrimination Discrimination EEOC Hiring & Firing Reasonable Accommodation Teachers
A federal judge allowed claims of unequal treatment by a high school basketball player to proceed against his school district. The claims arose out of the student’s move from the attendance area of one high school within the...more
1/7/2013 - Discrimination Equal Protection
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