The educational policy doctrine is an important – if sometimes ignored – component of Maine labor law. This rule removes from the negotiating table those “foundational educational value judgments,”2 which the elected school committee, rather than an outside arbitrator, should be responsible for. This rule inevitably raises the questions ...
The school shooting tragedies in Parkland, Florida, and elsewhere have all schools redoubling planning efforts around school safety. In particular, many schools are rethinking classroom safety and door security in the event of a lockdown. The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission, for example...
More and more school units are moving to Google’s G Suite for Education for many of their educational software needs. G Suite for Education provides all of the applications typically ...
Here’s a common scenario. A fight breaks out in a hallway between Student A and Student B. Student C, a bystander, gets injured. All the while, a video camera silently captures the scuffle...
It is becoming more common for school units, schools, and even individual departments, clubs, or teams, to have dedicated social media accounts and/or pages. Social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, can be an extremely effective tool for quickly conveying information to broad or targeted audiences alike. ...
In the ongoing effort by courts to determine how the First Amendment interacts with schools and school governance, a federal appellate court has taken up the issue of whether school boards are allowed to have a policy and practice of permitting religious exercise during board meetings, including religious prayer. This article examines that recent case, Freedom from Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education, et al., and offers readers some thoughts on guidance we can take from that decision.
Despite a seemingly perennial discussion of Right-to-Work legislation in the state, as of 2017, only 83,309 New Hampshire employees are represented by labor unions, of which only 5.1% (27,649) are employed in the public sector...
We are all somewhat familiar with the concept of “branding.” While it can be defined in different ways, branding generally refers to the attempt to generate an emotional response towards a particular product or business.
One of the most difficult tasks school administrators face is how to respond quickly and effectively to student threats against the school community. Increasingly, student threats are being communicated via email and social media.
Here’s a common problem: one of your students threatens school violence, brings a weapon to school, intentionally hurts a classmate or teacher, or otherwise engages in dangerous behavior...
