Beginning in fall 2027, the University of Michigan will replace traditional letter grades for some first-semester freshmen with pass/fail grades to allow freshmen a smoother entry into college. The reasoning is that removing grades will help address the growing...
The other day, a parent described her child as showing signs of “autistic burnout.” The term stopped us both mid-sentence. We wrote it down immediately, because it captured something we had observed in our practice for years but had never had a name for. We have...
Some kids can tell you a whole story out loud but freeze the moment they have to write it down. Often, the reason is dysgraphia, a specific learning disability that interferes with a child’s ability to learn written language and use it to express their thoughts, as...
Ah, it’s back-to-school time, and the red zone is approaching. That’s the stretch between the start of orientation and winter break when our phones light up with calls from parents asking for help after their student is hit with a student misconduct charge. We hear...
Today, many students complete educational activities online. Whether this activity is part of a hybrid class that is partially online or part of a completely online degree program, more students are turning to the internet to advance their educations. This increase...
In C.S. v. McCrumb, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit addressed the scope of a public school’s ability to restrict student expression on-campus, particularly when that expression involves politically charged, firearm-related imagery. The case is...
