http://educationlaw.today.com Dedicated to explaining different laws that effect students in preschool - 12th grade Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:19:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is summer time - and I do apologize for the lack of recent posts.  However, as you know summer means vacation (mostly my children's - not mine) and my children have plans that do not include my laptop. Yet, as we enter this first full week of August, that back ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/08/03/back-to-school-first-year-teachers/ I apologize for the lack of posts this week.  I have quite a few deadlines coming up and quite a few (ok, two) kids home with me this week.  Yet, I did not want Wednesday to go by without our popular weekly spotlight on a politician. This week let's take a ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/07/16/evan-bayh-on-education/ This week's politician in the spotlight will be Florida Governor Charlie Crist.  Governor Crist is a Republican and rumored to be on John McCain's list of vice presidential candidates.  Governor Crist served as Florida's Education Commissioner from 2000 - 2003. In Governor Crist's 2007 State of the State speech, he pledged 3.8 ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/07/09/charlie-crist-on-education/ Last month, a California appeals court agreed to reconsider its previous ruling that required home school instructors to have teaching credentials.  Parents, religious groups, home schooling organizations and Governor Schwarzenegger support the court's decision to reconsider the ruling.  The state's largest public school teacher's union does not. There are over 160,000 children ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/07/08/homeschooling-in-california/ In the past few weeks, we've looked at Democrats and Republicans.  This week we'll look at Joe Lieberman from Connecticut.  Once a Democrat and now an Independent, Senator Lieberman is a talked about choice for a Republican Vice Presidential candidate. In 2007, Senator Lieberman introduced a bipartisan education bill with Senators Reid and ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/07/03/joe-lieberman-on-education/ As of tomorrow, public school students in Connecticut can no longer receive out of school suspensions unless they pose a danger to persons or property or they are so disruptive of the educational process that the suspension must be served outside of school.  They may receive in school suspension for ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/06/30/45/ Do you remember your grade school report card?  How did you rate on "listens to and follows directions" "respects property" "complies with rules" or "accepts responsibility"?  According to a report provided to the Fairfax County School Boardin Fairfax County, Virginia, how kids rate in these types of subjective "sound moral character ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/06/27/accepts-responsibility/ It seems that much is happening in the world of education law this week.  I've had trouble deciding what to post about first because it all seems so terribly important and relevant.  Rest assured, my friends, that I will cover many of the topics in the coming weeks.  But, in ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/06/26/new-developments-in-education-law/ You've probably heard the news by now.  17 female students who attend Gloucester High School in Gloucester, Massachusetts became pregnant this year.  The principal says it was part of pact - the girls would all get pregnant and help each other with the babies.  The mayor says there was no pact. The ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/06/25/17-gloucester-high-school-students-are-pregnant/ The Governor of Massachusetts has unveiled part of his education plan today. This part includes universal Prekindergarten for students in the Commonwealth, full day Kindergarten across the Commonwealth and a drop out prevention program. The biggest concern surrounding Governor Patrick's plan is how it will be funded.  The Governor announced the ... http://educationlaw.today.com/2008/06/24/deval-patrick-on-education/