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The Whats and Hows of School Disciplinary Cases: Best Practices and Techniques . Friday May 2, 2008, at 11:00 am. The Education Law Section, with many thanks to Marjorie Just of the Legislation Committee,...
The Education Law Section, chaired by Patrick Hoover, has added a breakout session to the Annual Meeting & Law Day Celebration, to be held on Friday, May 2, 2008. Registration for the Annual Meeting...
Charlie, oldest of my three handsome sons and known to our faithful readers as Web Master to this site, was recently accepted at Xavier University in Ohio. Charlie is scheduled to begin at Xavier...
By now in the current school year, many parents have come to realize that their child is not doing well in school. Often times, this reality exists even with the help of an Individualized...
I don’t pretend to have hard statistics to back this up but I, along with others have experienced a sudden rise in the number of drug and alcohol related school expulsion this school year....
Thanks once again to Charlie Hoover our web site has undergone a transformation, one we believe will make it easier to use, more helpful in a number of ways and just better. We have...
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) recently announced a welcome change to the daunting, all or nothing, pass/fail rule currently in place regarding the four part test all students must pass before receiving...
By Deborah Yi, PHLO Intern, 2007-2008 — Deborah Yi is a senior at Seneca Valley High School and the Editor in Chief of The Talon, SVHS School Newspaper. She is completing a year-long internship...
By Deborah Yi, PHLO Intern, 2007-2008: In June of 2007, senior Sarah Douglas was unable to graduate from Northwood High School with most her fellow classmates. A straight-A student, varsity cheerleader, and National Honor...
October 1, 2007: The United States Supreme Court heard argument in the case of Board of Education of New York v. Tom F. This case involved the question of private school tuition reimbursement in...