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A couple in Texas has sued the Lake Travis school district over the way it conducts background checks of visitors to its campues. The Austin American Statesman reports that Yvonne and Larry Meadows contend in their suit that collecting driver’s license data to conduct background checks is an invasion of privacy. The district uses a […]

UPDATE: The Salt Lake Tribune reports Tuesday that school officials believed that the pistol being used as a prop in the play “was a harmless imitation.”
Craig Hammer, the Washington County School District’s executive director for secondary education, said Monday that the .38 caliber pistol that killed Tucker Thayer was offered to the school’s drama instructor […]

The Kansas City Star reports that, under a policy taking effect next month, employees of the Joplin (Mo.) School District must make sure that any tattoos on their bodies are covered up during school hours. That means everyone, from teachers and secretaries to bus drivers, custodians and administrators. The existing Joplin policy says teachers should […]

Last week, two students at the University of Texas at Austin were told they couldn’t register for spring classes after they refused to take down their signs in their residence hall window supporting Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. But, The Austin American-Statesman says, after Democratic and Republican student groups, lawmakers, alumni and others in the […]

Students at Hanover Central High School in Cedar Lake, Ind., already had been prohibited from having book bags and backpacks. Now, The Chicago Tribune reports, the ban has been extended to purses. That has upset some students and their parents, who say the policy compromises the privacy of girls. One parent went before the school […]

The University of California, Berkeley, wins a court dispute over removing trees to build a campus athletic center. The final four protesters that have been living in one of the trees have been persuaded to come back to earth.

St. Ann’s, a private K-12 school in Brooklyn , rents space in an office tower for four classrooms and a computer lab. Starting this month, a federal probation office has taken out a $30 million, 10-year lease in the very same office tower, The New York Times says. Alarmed parents complained, and federal officials have […]

Lawsuit raises question of who is responsible for school security when a private management firm runs a public school.

University of Scranton says planned dance club and bar is too close to campus