NC Education Lawyer Blog

As a student-side education attorney, I read Behind Locked Doors – Inside North Carolina’s Juvenile Detention Centers with alarm, but not surprise. The report documents what many of us who represent vulnerable children already know: when young people enter detention, their educational rights often become an afterthought, and for students with disabilities, those rights may disappear almost entirely. The report, issued by Disability Rights North Carolina after visits to every

What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline The school-to-prison pipeline refers to policies and procedures that encourage the presence of law...

A Manifestation Determination Review ("MDR") is a process that is conducted when a student who has been identified as having a disability...

Each Friday, the NC Education Lawyer will post five items that she has read during the week. Generally, all the posts will have some...