2018 Topics
School Safety Issues
- The Schools’ Authority to Regulate and Punish On- and Off-Campus Student and Staff Misconduct
- Student Searches and Drug Testing
- Child Abuse Reporting and Prevention: The Schools' Responsibility
- Tort Liability: The Schools’ Legal Responsibility for Injuries to Students and Staff
- Internet, Social Media, and Cyberbullying
Equity Issues
- Racial Equity and Public Schools Under Attack
- Affirmative Action: The Permissible Use of Race, Ethnicity, and SES in Student Assignment and Admissions
- Exploring the Effects of Racial Attitudes in K-12 Education: Implicit Bias and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
- Bullying; Harassment based on Gender, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Race, Ethnicity, National Origin, and Religion
- Critical Changes in Immigration Law, Policy, and Practice (The Rights of Immigrants, DACA, and Sanctuary Cities)
- Law and Policy affecting immigrant students: language, education, and immigration enforcement
- Fiscal Equity and the Right to an Adequate Education
- Accelerating Achievement Using Heterogeneous Grouping; Student Detracking
- Educational Accountability of Educators, Schools, Districts, and States
Charter Schools, Voucher Programs, and Other Forms of School Choice
Serving Individuals with Disabilities
- The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (I.D.E.A.): Legal, Policy, and Implementation Issues
- Section 504 and ADA Title II
Standards and Accountability
- Student Accountability: Testing for Student Tracking, Promotion, and Graduation
- Educational Accountability of Educators, Schools, Districts, and States; ESSA
Free-Speech Issues, including the Internet and Cyberbullying
- Student Free Speech
- Teacher Free Speech
- Internet, Social Media, and Cyberbullying
Educators and the Law
- Improving Collaboration between Educators, Lawyers, Researchers, and Parents
- Practicing Preventive Law
- Using the Law to Advance Important Educational Priorities
- Keeping Current on Legal Developments
