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The Right Coast
Betsy DeVos: Shut Down the Department of Education
Since its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has sent well more than $1 trillion to schools with the express purpose of closing the gaps between the highest and…
Legal Theory Blog
Legal Theory Bookworm: “The Containment” by Adams
The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North by Michelle Adams. Here is a description: The epic story…
School Law
OCR Announces “Directed Investigation” into All-Gender Bathrooms
By Tom Owen
On January 28, 2025, the United States Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified Denver Public Schools that it was opening a “directed investigation” regarding the district’s all-gender bathrooms. This…
The Faculty Lounge
Union College in Pre-Civil War Phi Beta Kappa Addresses
Phi Beta Kappa Addresses during the pre-Civil War in Union College. Union College is in Schenectady, New York. A number of them were religious figures and those were conservative. Yet,…
Religion Clause
Ohio Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Released Time Programs and Providing Parents’ Bill of Rights
On Dec. 18, the Ohio legislature gave final approval to House Bill 8 (full text) which includes a Parents' Bill of Rights and a provision requiring school boards to adopt…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Denies Cert. In Dispute Over Standing to Challenge School Gender Identity Support Policy
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Parents Protecting Our Children, UA v. Eau Claire Area School District, Wisconsin, (Sup. Ct., certiorari denied 12/9/2024). In the case, the U.S. 7th…
International Law Prof Blog
Nominations for the Human Rights in Higher Education Award
The University and College Consortium for Human Rights Education (UCCHRE)’s Annual Human Rights in Higher Education Award is accepting nominations through November 20, 2024.UCCHRE's Annual Human Rights in Higher Education…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag – 10/31/24
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: Given that it is Halloween, I have a scary story to tell. A student recently moved into our district and enrolled in…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
Cellphone Wars: Is it a Battle You Want to Win?
By Mark Ashton
On October 14, the Pew Research Center published its study on a new topic upon which a lot of Americans appear to agree. 68% of respondents believed that cell phones…
Family Law Prof Blog
Bowman: “The New Parents’ Rights Movement, Education, and Equality”
By Family Law
Kristine Bowman (Michigan State University) has recently posted to SSRN her paper The New Parents' Rights Movement, Education, and Equality, 91(2) University of Chicago Law Review (2024). Here is the…