FERPA likely gives you the right to request amendment of inaccurate educational records, but it does not automatically force a school to change an...

What you describe is serious, and the answer is not simply “no injury, no case.” In North Carolina, the general rule is that a minor’s medical or...

At a Virginia private school, there does not appear to be a clear statute that says students must be allowed to use the bathroom at any moment they...

In Pennsylvania, juvenile adjudications are generally not criminal convictions, and juvenile records are often confidential or sealed. Because the...

Yes, potentially. What you describe can support a Child Find/FAPE claim if the school had enough information in August to suspect your child needed...

The type of attorney you are likely looking for is a plaintiff-side education lawyer or education/civil rights attorney, and in some cases an...

Possibly yes. If the tutor included your child’s name and overdue-assignment information in a group text with a stranger who had no legal right to...

The type of attorney you are likely looking for is usually a plaintiff-side education lawyer, civil rights lawyer, or, depending on the facts, a...

Yes, if a teacher is screaming at your daughter, humiliating her in class, and causing her to fear school, you should not wait for the school to...

If the school said it would not discipline your younger brother but still had to “report it,” that usually means the school is making a safety...