Law & Courts
Education news, analysis, and opinion about court cases, lawsuits, and regulations affecting schools.
See also: Supreme Court, Court Cases, First Amendment, Student Rights
Law & Courts Are Religious Charter Schools Legal? The Supreme Court Will Decide SoonThe court's ruling could fundamentally alter the line between church and state in education.
Law & Courts Legal Fights Highlight Clashes Over Transgender Students’ Pronouns in SchoolsA federal court weighs the case of a teacher who refused to use students' chosen names and pronouns, as similar questions arise elsewhere.
Law & Courts Can Parents Opt Kids Out of Reading LGBTQ+ Books? The Supreme Court Will DecideThe U.S. Supreme Court will take up a school district's policy of refusing to let parents opt out their children from LGBTQ+ storybooks.
Law & Courts How Educators Feel About the Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold TikTok BanThe Supreme Court upheld a law targeting TikTok, increasing the uncertainty for an app highly popular among U.S. educators and students.
Law & Courts After 50 Years, This School District Is No Longer Segregated, Court SaysA federal appeals court panel declared that the Tucson, Ariz., district was now legally desegregated a half century after it was first sued.
Law & Courts Biden's Title IX Rule to Expand Protections of Trans Students Struck DownThe Title IX rule improperly expands sex-discrimination protection to gender identity, the judge ruled.
Law & Courts TikTok Is a Step Closer to Being Banned. What Schools Need to KnowTikTok is a big headache for educators, but banning it probably won't solve all their issues with student engagement.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Won't Take Up Case on District's Gender Transition PolicyThe U.S. Supreme Court declined an appeal from a parents' group contending that a district's policy on gender support plans excludes them.
Law & Courts High Court Won't Review School Admissions Policy That Sought to Boost DiversityThe U.S. Supreme Court refused a case about whether race was unconstitutionally considered in admissions to Boston's selective schools.
Law & Courts Supreme Court Case on Medical Care for Trans Youth Could Impact School SportsThe justices weigh a Tennessee law that bars certain medical treatments for transgender minors, with school issues bubbling around the case.
Law & Courts How a Supreme Court Case on Vaping Stands to Impact SchoolsThe U.S. Supreme Court heard an important case about federal regulation of flavored e-cigarettes, which remain a concern for schools.
Law & Courts Billions of School Tech Dollars At Risk as Supreme Court Takes Up E-Rate CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court will take up a lower-court decision that struck down the funding mechanism for the E-rate school internet program.
Law & Courts The Uncertainty Ahead for Title IX and Transgender Students in Trump's New TermTrump may not be able to withdraw the Title IX rule on "Day 1," but advocates on both sides expect it to go away.
Law & Courts Explainer Undocumented Students Have the Right to a Free Education. This Is WhyA landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling protected undocumented students' access to free public education. Some lawmakers seek to overturn it.
Law & Courts Ten Commandments Law for Public Schools Is 'Impermissible,' Judge RulesThe Louisiana law would require displays of the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom.
