08 Apr, 2024 Fourth Circuit Decides Tax Exemption Doesn't Subject Schools to Title IX By Debbie Ausburn The Fourth Circuit recently ruled that non-profit schools that do not receive federal money are not subject to the provisions of Title...
06 Apr, 2024 We May Not Need Trauma-Focused Teaching By Debbie Ausburn One fashionable trend is trauma-focused teaching, designed to help students who have suffered trauma learn in the classroom. The...
03 Apr, 2024 When Everyone Goes to College, There’s No One Available to Ensure Clean Water By Debbie Ausburn One unintended consequence of emphasizing college degrees over technical certificates may have contributed to a dangerous shortage of...
01 Apr, 2024 ACEs Screening May Be Useless By Debbie Ausburn A very important study has flown under the radar in the past few years, indicating that much current public policy may be a waste of...
30 Mar, 2024 Education Majors Among Lowest-Paid Jobs By Debbie Ausburn A recent analysis of the lowest-paying college majors found that education majors, including early childhood education majors, are in the...
27 Mar, 2024 Mandated Reporters, Never Ignore Even a Halfway Disclosure from a Child By Debbie Ausburn Police have charged a New Jersey assistant principal (AP) with multiple charges related to failure to make a mandated report. In...
25 Mar, 2024 To No One's Surprise, Teens See Benefits to Smart Phones By Debbie Ausburn A new Pew Research report concludes that teens like their smart phones although they see some problems. In fact, almost half of teens...
23 Mar, 2024 More Evidence that States Need a Massive Change in Services for Foster Children By Debbie Ausburn A story from Oklahoma analyzes the problems that the foster care system in that state is facing. The root problem is that the state...
20 Mar, 2024 Claim of Prior Knowledge of Sexual Abuse Prevents Insurance Coverage By Debbie Ausburn A federal district court in Arkansas, construing Arkansas law, recently determined that an exclusion in an insurance policy for “prior...
18 Mar, 2024 Florida Settles Challenge to Education Law By Debbie Ausburn Parties challenging Florida's controversial education law have filed a notice of settlement in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals,...
16 Mar, 2024 Girls Scouts Celebrate Their History in Atlanta By Debbie Ausburn The new Girls Scouts exhibit at the Atlanta History Center celebrates the history of the organization in Atlanta. The exhibit traces...
13 Mar, 2024 Lawyers’ Toolkits Can Make Crises Worse By Debbie Ausburn A story focusing on the Mormon church’s response to child sexual abuse allegations reminds us that lawyers’ instincts can sometimes make...