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Trump Issues 7 New Executive Orders Impacting Higher Ed and K-12 Schools, Ranging From DEI to Discipline to AI

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President Trump just issued a wave of education-related executive orders – seven, to be exact – impacting both higher education and K-12 schools. Educational institutions need to tune in and catch up, and we’ve compiled this...more

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Ninth Circuit: Schools Cannot Add New Charges and Penalties Without Specific Notice and Meaningful Opportunity to Respond

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In a recent student discipline case not involving Title IX, the Ninth Circuit emphatically confirmed that a public school student disciplined for misconduct has a due process right to notice of the specific charges and the...more

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Ohio Senate Bill 206 Seeks to Expand School Discipline for Conduct on Social Media

Ohio Senate Bill 206, (SB 206) introduced in 2024, calls for students who post threatening content on social media to be punished with expulsion from school for up to 180 days. The bill defines the proposed prohibited conduct...more

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Practical Considerations for a Disciplined Approach to Student Discipline

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Schools consistently prioritize creating a safe educational environment for students and staff. Prevention and planning are a cornerstone of that process and appropriate discipline of students is a necessary component for...more

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Plagiarism: What Counts as Cheating?

Cheating has become that much more ubiquitous with the explosive popularity of the internet across the past couple decades. Countless students have been caught plagiarizing papers. However, there is a question as to what,...more

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Maybe We’re Looking at Plagiarism All Wrong?

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The world is blessed and cursed by nuance. Most issues are complicated, and truly understanding them requires expertise, depth of insight, familiarity, and an appreciation for how nuances impact the issue and its context....more

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What If My Roommate Commits a Student Conduct Code Violation?

Every year, the fall semester comes around and students who live on their university’s campus must move into their assigned dorm. For those who are returning students, your roommate(s) may be someone you know; however, for...more

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Title IX Claim: Selective Enforcement In, Same Decision Maker Rule Out (Part 3)

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This article is the third and final installment in a series on Radwan v. Manuel, a case recently decided by the U.S. Circuit Court for the second Circuit regarding discipline faced by a soccer player at the University of...more

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Going Viral: Navigating Social Media within the School Community

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Social media has transformed how we interact online and engage with our communities with the average person spending over six hours a day online. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen an even greater increase...more

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ISBE Amends Emergency Rules on Time Out and Physical Restraint

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In response to outcry from educators in and outside of Illinois about the legitimate need to use prone and supine restraint for certain diverse learners and the lack of notice to allow teams to identify alternative...more

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A New Congressional Effort to Curb Restraint and Seclusion in Schools

Lawmakers have introduced new bills in both houses of Congress seeking to end schools’ use of dangerous disciplinary techniques traditionally employed disproportionately against students with disabilities. The Keeping All...more

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Student Discipline And Expulsion: What Holds Up In Court?

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While all educators aim to create an environment where every student thrives and flourishes, we know that there are times when a student’s actions require discipline or expulsion. Those are always difficult decisions....more

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The Next Generation Of Vaping Is Here

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A student tells the dean of your high school that there is a girl in the library who seems very ill. The dean finds the ill student with her head down, moaning. He asks her what’s wrong, and the student says she vaped and...more

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Illinois Appellate Court Decisions Addresses Important Student Discipline and Employment Issues for Public Schools

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Earlier this month, the Illinois Appellate Court (First District) issued an opinion addressing a number of important student discipline and executive employment issues. Because the Appellate Court agreed with the trial court...more

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Keeping Students In Line – Without Repercussions

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In 1958, a Brown University senior was expelled because he had the temerity to bring his girlfriend to his dorm room. He did not contemplate litigation. Instead, Ted Turner moved back home to Atlanta to work at his family...more

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