EDUCATION EXPERT BLOG: EDUCATION LAW AND SCHOOL LIABILITY ISSUES

Campus Sexual Assault, Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Student Rights, Title IX, Uncategorized
February 17, 2016

As difficult as it might be to accept and understand, abuse of children is occurring at an alarming rate in our nation’s schools, daycare centers, camps, and other institutions. Even with state laws that require child abuse reporting and institutional policies that address sexual abuse prevention, identification, and reporting, abuse...

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Bullying, Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Harassment, Harassment/Bullying, Hazing, Personal Injury, School Liability Section 1983, School Sports Injury, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Student Rights, Title IX
November 18, 2014

School coaches have a duty to protect athletes from harm, including emotional or physical harm that may result from locker room hazing. High school hazing in athletics has many beginnings — the most prominent being an attitude of superiority among senior athletes and the belief that a weaker or younger...

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Child/Student Supervision, Education Expert, Harassment, Personal Injury, School Negligence Lawsuit, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Student Rights, Title IX
March 7, 2013

Wherever there are public and private schools and organizations that provide activities for children, there are stories about school sexual harassment and abuse. In West Virginia, a fifth-grade teacher started a “sex club” with some of her students. She brought them to her home to “teach” them, by demonstration, about...

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