National studies of student hazing have found that more than half of college students associated with clubs, teams or organizations experience hazing. Yet less than 10% of those who experience hazing actually call the activity an act of hazing. It is also estimated...
A federal judge in Wyoming has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Kappa Kappa Gamma (KKG), a women-only fraternal organization (KKG is referenced as a “sorority” within this post). The aggrieved parties were seven sorority sisters of KKG, who chose to keep their...
Given that social media and the Internet have a significant influence on various aspects of students' lives, it is unsurprising that they also play a role in the occurrence of hazing too. Hazing no longer occurs behind closed doors; platforms such as YouTube and...
While public schools are required to serve children with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), private schools are not required to meet the same standards. The IDEA provides: “[n]o parentally-placed private school child with a...
Issue 1 and the November Ballot Initiative In the special election that took place in August 2023, Ohio voted against Issue 1. Issue 1 proposed requiring 60% of the vote to pass a constitutional amendment rather than a simple majority. Although not explicitly...
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) is a federal statute that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the context of education. The statute is most commonly associated with athletics, and most know that Title IX requires equal funding...
