Friday, July 30, 2010


Featured Articles

  • A Worthwhile Investment: A Lack of Oversight on Safety Issues Can Cost You Millions in Damages if Students are Hurt

    Published in American School Board Journal, December 2009. Download PDF

  • Five Tips for Parents When Your Child Is Being Bullied

    Published in Self Published, June, 2010. Download PDF

  • Graduation Night's Silent Killer

    Published in American School Board Journal, May 2006. Download PDF

  • Setting the Boundaries: Sexual Harassment in Schools

    Published in The School Administrator, December 2006. Download PDF

  • The Educator as a Consulting and Testifying Expert

    Published in The Virginia Bar Association Journal, Winter 1996. Download PDF

  • What Can You Do to Recognize the Signs That Could Result in Your Students Being Hurt? The Red Flag

    Published in American School Board Journal, December, 2008. Download PDF

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Case of the Week

R.B. v. New York City Dept. of Educ., (S.D.N.Y.)

2010-07-25 Disabled Students - Equities weighed in favor of reimbursement for parents' costs of "Jump Start" program at private school.

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