By an 8-to-1 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed today that public schools might have an interest in regulating student speech, but the leeway the First Amendment grants to schools is diminished in the off-campus context....more
In a major win for transgender rights, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor a transgender teenager who wanted to use the boys’ bathroom at his former school, finding that the school district violated his...more
10/1/2020
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Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
School Districts ,
School Policies ,
School Restrooms ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
Thanks to a landmark move by their school board, students in Fairfax County public schools in Northern Virginia will now be allowed one day off per school year to engage in “civic engagement activities.” This move, which...more
A federal court in Jacksonville, Florida recently ruled in favor a transgender teenager who wanted to use the boys’ bathroom at his high school. The July 2018 decision marked the first time that a Florida court has ruled on...more
12/7/2018
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Educational Institutions ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender Identity ,
LGBTQ ,
Restroom Legislation ,
School Restrooms ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Transgender ,
Trump Administration
After the February 14 tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students began to organize like rarely before to protest gun violence in schools. Protests such as school walk-outs and “die-ins”...more
6/8/2018
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Educational Institutions ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Handbooks ,
Private Schools ,
Protests ,
Public Schools ,
School Districts ,
Social Media ,
Student Speech ,
Students ,
Universities
Medical marijuana first became legal in the U.S. more than 20 years ago when, in 1996, California passed its groundbreaking law. Since then, an increasing number of states have passed their own laws to allow the legal use of...more
12/11/2017
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Colleges ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employees ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Private Schools ,
Public Schools ,
School Policies ,
Students ,
Universities