NC Education Lawyer Blog

As a student-side education attorney in North Carolina, I hear a version of the same story over and over again. A student is harassed, excluded, denied support, or discriminated against at school. The family reports it. The district minimizes the problem or delays action. And the parents are left searching for someone, anyone, who can step in and enforce the law. For decades, families often turned to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) when local sy

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

For Immediate Release Lawsuits Filed Against Wake County School Board for Abuse and Discrimination Against Students with Disabilities...

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Bostock Decision and LGBTQ+ Mental Health (Adapted from “Application of Bostock decision to LGBTQ+ students may boost their mental...

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There is troubling news out of New Jersey. Predominantly white school districts, caused by racially segregated neighborhoods, have...