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

A new study from researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill has intensified a debate that many North Carolina families, educators, and school leaders have been having for years: how much cellphone use during the school day is too much? We believe that when students are spending roughly one-third of the school day on their phones, it is not just a classroom management issue, it is an access-to-learning issue, a policy issue, and a student rights issue. New Study Finds Students Spend About