Sentences with phrase «school cases decided»

The dust has barely settled on the two school cases decided last week by the Supreme Court — one on student speech and the other on racial balancing — and already their impact is beginning to emerge.

Not exact matches

In the landmark 1969 Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, the court decided that there were limits to students» rights at school, but that «It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,» as Justice Abe Fortas wrote.

One need not be a historian of education or a theologian to assess the damage done to public education and then to society in general by how these cases were decided and what public school officials were empowered to do (or so they believed) despite the clearly given cautions from the Supreme Court itself.

Rather it frees governors and headteachers to focus more on deciding what type of sex education parents want their children to experience in school and, in the case of primary schools, whether there should be any formal sex education at all.

Editor's note: Douglas Laycock, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Virginia, represented Hosanna - Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School in the case the Supreme Court decided Wednesday.

Central to this drama are two Supreme Court cases: Engle v. Vitale (1962), in which the Court decided that government - directed prayer in public schools was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment's establishment clause; and Abington v. Schempp (1963), which declared unconstitutional a Pennsylvania statute that provided for compulsory Bible reading in public classrooms.

School districts are typically responsible for top - level decision - making when it comes to food: they oversee the food services group that determines breakfast and lunch menus; they set the district - wide wellness policy, which usually covers the food that may be sold or distributed during the school day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of educaSchool districts are typically responsible for top - level decision - making when it comes to food: they oversee the food services group that determines breakfast and lunch menus; they set the district - wide wellness policy, which usually covers the food that may be sold or distributed during the school day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of educaschool day; and they decide whether vending machines may or may not be placed in schools (although in some cases this is decided at the level of the state board of education).

Rumore said a State Supreme Court judge has now ordered a stay in the case, putting a hold on start time changes at the school and New York State Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia will decide if Cash has the authority to make the adjustment.

A New York judge decided that a fraud case against Trump over his former school for real estate investors will go to trial — raising the possibility that the Republican presidential primary front - runner could testify during campaign season.

As city of Buffalo's eighth graders are trying to decide where they will go to high school, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High Sschool, the Buffalo Public School District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High SSchool District will be show - casing five new choices Saturday morning in Bennett High SchoolSchool.

«The Camden Central School District, in discussing the circumstances of the case with law enforcement, decided to cancel school because the suspect had not been located prior to the start of school and at the time it was unknown whether or not the defendant had the means to carry out the attack,» state policeSchool District, in discussing the circumstances of the case with law enforcement, decided to cancel school because the suspect had not been located prior to the start of school and at the time it was unknown whether or not the defendant had the means to carry out the attack,» state policeschool because the suspect had not been located prior to the start of school and at the time it was unknown whether or not the defendant had the means to carry out the attack,» state policeschool and at the time it was unknown whether or not the defendant had the means to carry out the attack,» state police said.

It's up to individuals to decide whether or not to file a grievance against a supervisor, unless there is a threat of physical violence, in which case school policy usually requires getting the police involved.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has decided that schools no longer need to close if they have swine flu cases, Sebelius announced today.

When students at the school report sightings of the young boy's ghost, she decides to take on the case.

It also decided an antitrust case in the heavy - truck industry that has a bearing on school districts» purchases of school buses.

But it should no longer be the case that only the lucky students get to learn in schools where teachers have decided to work against standard expectations.

Arizona reemerged this year as the central front in the legal conflict over private school choice, with three cases challenging four programs decided within six weeks.

On Nov. 13, State Circuit Court Judge James Giddings of Ingham County granted the state's request to dismiss the lawsuit by four church schools on the grounds that a 1986 ruling in another case had already decided the issue.

First, some of the court decisions on which they rely are not decisions holding the state's school - financing system unconstitutional, but are preliminary decisions in cases not actually decided on their merits until years later.

If necessary, an authorizer may place the school on probation, decide not to renew the school's charter, or — usually in the case of severe issues — terminate the charter prior to its expiration.

A defining moment came in the 1970s, when the California Supreme Court in Serrano v. Priest decided that in order to ensure equal educational opportunity for all children, all school districts in California must spend equal amounts per pupil, instigating a wave of school - finance court cases across the country.

Adequacy cases decided in favor of plaintiffs in numerous states, such as Campbell County v. Wyoming, have emphasized that the state has a unique obligation to fund schools at high levels, even if other parts of the budget must suffer.

To address the problem, the teachers decided to focus on the nature of homework — practice, in this case — thereby addressing the problem, as well as meeting the school's requirement for collaborative professional development with peers.

To some veteran observers, the case was decided when she commented: «If anything, [the law is] skewed against the religious schools.»

Excited, humbled, and nervous, I decided to stay true to my new commitment to teach about race and built in a case about the history of student protests about race at the Ed School and how the school had responded (orSchool and how the school had responded (orschool had responded (or not).

A county circuit court agreed in December to reopen the 1975 case that Judge Arthur Recht finally decided in 1982, ruling the state school system unconstitutional.

That's the case with dozens of other «screened» high schools in New York, too, which are selective — often highly so — but don't rely exclusively on a single test score to decide who gets in.

In what may be the first boy - on - boy sexual - harassment case brought to the attention of authorities, the O.C.R.'s Chicago regional office originally decided that a Rice, Minn., boy's mistreatment by his male grade school peers did not constitute sexual harassment.

While the Supreme Court has expressed a desire to avoid being a national school board, the legacy of its own jurisprudence will make it hard to avoid forever deciding the scope of school officials» authority and students» rights in this new and growing family of cases.

The Supreme Court's recent decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which authorizes educators to supervise the content of official high - school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearSchool District v. Kuhlmeier, which authorizes educators to supervise the content of official high - school newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearschool newspapers, is the Court's most significant ruling in a free - speech case involving public - school students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearschool students since it decided Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District almost 20 yearSchool District almost 20 years ago.

Now the plaintiff in a high - profile case before the Supreme Court, Davey decided to attend Harvard Law School upon graduating from Northwest.

School officials testifying in the case said that as a practical matter, they have to decide by March of a teacher's second year whether to fire the teacher or approve tenure.

Education officials in Colorado, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming, have recommended that local school officials decide on a case - by - case basis whether to allow pupils with the disease to attend classes.

Our position is that it is not appropriate to expect the same rates of EBacc entry from these types of provision and that each school should decide on a case - by - case basis whether its specialist curriculum is compatible with the full EBacc.»

Case in point, the high school juniors recently explored a series of questions around what drives poverty and how their class could begin to combat poverty in neighborhoods near the school; the students decided to build public street libraries in their fabrication labs and install them on targeted blocks.

In that case Jepsen and Malloy used public funds to come to the defense of Malloy's Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, when Pryor decided that while the law required that Paul Vallas could only stay on as the head of Bridgeport's school system if he completed a school leadership program at a Connecticut institution of higher education, Pryor would allow Vallas to stay if he only took a three - credit independent study class instead.

Summary: This article reports on an upcoming Supreme Court case, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, where the court will be asked to decide on what degree of services a district should provide to a special needs student.

These are the same people who decided to give teachers bonuses based on, in some cases, decades - old test scores from when the teacher was in high school.

In this case, the school decided to focus efforts on boosting the quality of staff collaboration as they were introducing PBL instruction.

The most important test data for all public schools is that used by states to measure student achievement, and in the case of charter schools, decide whether they may continue to operate.

There are rarely students who are asked to leave the schools (I can recall only one case from the four years my son was there) but some kids / families do decide to leave due to the rigorous academic expectations.

Trusts also decide when alternative governance arrangements would better serve the needs of their pupils, as is the case with the Learning Schools Trust.»

Malloy and his administration, in this case with the support of the Republican members of the Bond Commission, are borrowing money to give to privately owned, but publicly funded charter school companies so that they can pay down mortgages on buildings that they own and will be able to keep even if they decide to close their charter schools.

In the vast majority of cases, states would be able to decide whether and how to intervene in schools, but the bill stipulates specific turnaround strategies for «persistently low - performing schools.»

The groups» mission was to press the case for individual schools, rather than district administrators, deciding how to spend money coming into LA Unified from Gov. Jerry Brown «s new Local Control Funding Formula,...

School officials surveyed by Northeast Ohio Media Group and The Plain Dealer said they will decide on a case - by - case basis whether to keep children entirely in third grade or to promote them with their peers, in other subjects.

In these cases, the college supervisor and coordinator of student teaching increased their observations of the student teachers and decided to place the student teachers with other cooperating teachers at new schools.

On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided the case of Endrew F. filed against the Douglas County School District (DCSD).

Their evidence must pass muster with district officials and lawyers, who decide which cases should be taken to the school board.

by Christopher Schulz On March 22, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided the case of Endrew F. filed against the Douglas County School District (DCSD).