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DOJ Issues Sweeping Memo on DEI Programming: What Education Leaders Need to Know

On July 29, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a sweeping memorandum warning recipients of federal funds — including K-12 schools and higher education institutions — that many diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...more

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SCOTUS to Determine Whether States Can Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports – What Your School Needs to Know

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The Supreme Court will soon decide whether states can ban transgender high school and college athletes from participating on female sports teams at their schools. After initially declining to review this issue in 2023 and...more

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New Civil Rights Fraud Initiative Puts More Pressure on Higher Ed and K-12 Schools Receiving Federal Funding: What to Do in...

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Federal officials on Monday launched a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative aimed at schools receiving federal funding, the next step in the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement posture against transgender rights, DEI,...more

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2025 Summer Reading List for Educational Leaders

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Another school year is winding down, and educational leaders perhaps have never been more ready for summer break. From the Trump administration’s significant policy shifts to deeply consequential litigation playing out to...more

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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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So You’re Concerned About Losing Federal Funding: 3 Things Schools Should Do Right Now

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Many K-12 and institutes of higher education are concerned about the potential threat to their federal funding given recent changes to the way the government is interpreting existing federal law to achieve certain policy...more

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Education Department Kicks Off New Era of Title VI Discrimination Enforcement: What Your School Must Know + 5 Steps to Take Now

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Starting today, the U.S. Department of Education will crack down on “overt and covert racial discrimination” in educational institutions receiving federal funding, according to a February 14 “Dear Colleague” letter issued by...more

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Nota Bene Episode 90: U.S. Q3 Check In: Stimulus, Relief, Election, and Direction with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer

While most agree that Congress must do something to help the U.S. economy and the American people, there is some disagreement as to how, when, and what needs to get done. That is precisely what we’re exploring in today’s...more

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Religious Institutions Update: January 2019 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Courts continue to grapple with the scope and meaning of the ministerial exception doctrine. In Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church & Sch. v. EEOC, 565 U.S. 171 (2012), the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed that a...more

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Medical Marijuana on Campus: Barbuto's Impact on School Policies Banning Drug Use

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC that an employee's use of medical marijuana to treat a qualified disability may be a reasonable accommodation under...more

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