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Intensive Parenting Enforced: Parents Criminal Liability for Children...
I have written here about the trend of intensive parenting. Parents today are more involved in their children’s lives than ever before, constantly cultivating and monitoring their children’s progress....
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Shortly after Washington D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty was defeated in the mayoral primary this September, Michelle Rhee resigned from her position as the Washington D.C. Schools Chancellor. In her three...
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College Preparedness, Law, and the Structure of Standards
The Pathway of Preparedness There is a current debate concerning whether the standard of college preparedness should be written into the structures of education law. The college preparedness argument...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court on School Interrogations and Parental (Dis)empowerment
The Supreme Court has in the past several weeks granted certiorari in two cases involving the rights of juveniles in police interrogations in the school setting. In Greene v. Camreta, the Ninth...
View ArticleThe Middle Path of Reform
A contrarian approach is perhaps endemic to the reformer. If A is the problem, then it is natural to assert anti-A as the solution. In the realm of education, if we have been losing ground as a...
View ArticleAre You a Winner?
Two lucky people woke up this morning mega millionaires. After yesterday’s lottery ticket buying frenzy, one winning ticket was sold in Idaho and the other in Washington (see here). The winners will...
View ArticleSocializing Students to the Practice of Law
When I was in private practice, I never gave much thought to how law schools prepare students for a career in the legal profession. I was fortunate to have a very positive law school experience and...
View Article“Low-Cost” Baccalaureate Degrees: Will You Soon Pay for What You Get, at...
Colleges and universities across the country are trying to find ways to curb, or off-set, increasingly prohibitive tuition costs. But Texas Governor Rick Perry has thrown down the gauntlet by...
View ArticleDiversity Day!
“Mom,” said my fourteen-year-old daughter. “What can I be for Diversity Day without being racist?” As a good, progressive private school, my daughter’s school prides itself on its commitment to...
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Stanford Law Review Online: The Violence Against Women Act and Double...
The Stanford Law Review Online has just published an Essay by Andrew Kloster entitled The Violence Against Women Act and Double Jeopardy in Higher Education. Mr. Kloster argues that proposed changes...
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The Stanford Law Review Online: School Security Considerations After Newtown
The Stanford Law Review Online has just published an Essay by Jason P. Nance entitled School Security Considerations After Newtown. Professor Nance writes that strict school security measures may be...
View ArticleDiabetic Kids, All Kids, and School Nurses
Much to the relief of many parents whose children have diabetes, the California Supreme Court ruled recently in American Nurses Ass’n v. Torlakson that insulin shots can be administered by school...
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UCLA Law Review Vol. 61, Issue 5
Volume 61, Issue 5 (June 2014) Articles Opinions First—Argument Afterwards Daniel J. Bussel 1194 How the California Supreme Court Actually Works: A Reply to Professor Bussel Goodwin Liu 1246 The Best...
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FAN 117.3 (First Amendment News) University of Cape Town Disinvites Flemming...
In the classic expression of freedom of speech and assembly, UCT’s policy is that our members will enjoy freedom to explore ideas, to express these and to assemble peacefully. The annual TB Davie...
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FAN 118 (First Amendment News) University of Cape Town Disinvites Flemming...
Note: Below is a heretofore unpublished letter from Floyd Abrams. It follows another one recently posted on this blog by Professor Nadine Strossen. Vice-Chancellor Max Price, to whom both letters were...
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FAN 126 (First Amendment News) Geoffrey Stone: “Free Speech on Campus: A...
This issue of First Amendment News reproduces the text of a speech (The Aims of Education Address) Professor Geoffrey Stone delivered at the University of Chicago on September 22nd. The Aims Address is...
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FAN 167.2 (First Amendment Law) Campus Speech Debate Continues: Prof. Post...
Yesterday, I posted Will Creeley’s Free Speech on Campus: A Response to Robert Post. Mr. Creeley’s piece was in response to a forthcoming article by Professor Post titled The Classic First Amendment...
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FAN 167.3 (First Amendment News) Campus Speech Debate Continues: Enter Nadine...
Below is the text of the written testimony presented by New York Law School Professor Nadine Strossen to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on “EXPLORING FREE SPEECH ON COLLEGE...
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FAN 169.1 (First Amendment News) FIRE calls on Brandeis President to reinvite...
disclosure: I was one of the signatories to this letter to Brandeis University’s President. → Press release from Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: An open letter to Brandeis regarding the...
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