Tag Archives: Schools

CDC and SHAPE America Release New Resources to Improve Recess in Schools – Media Advisory January 5th, 2025Sandy Galloway

CDC and SHAPE America Release New Resources to Improve Recess in Schools – Media Advisory

January 5, 2025News & UpdatesAdvisory, America, Improve, Media, Recess, Release, Resources, Schools, SHAPESandy Galloway

Strategies for Recess in Schools identifies 19 effective strategies schools can implement to increase student physical activity and academic achievement

Littman Krooks Attorneys Distinguished as 2024 Super Lawyers Honorees for Excellence in Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate, and Schools and Education November 9th, 2024Marisol Radtke

Littman Krooks Attorneys Distinguished as 2024 Super Lawyers Honorees for Excellence in Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate, and Schools and Education

November 9, 2024News & Updates2024, Attorneys, Distinguished, Education, Elder, Estate, Excellence, Honorees, Krooks, Lawyers, Littman, Planning, Probate, Schools, SuperMarisol Radtke

Westchester County, New York – Super Lawyers® recognized Founding Partner Bernard A. Krooks, J.D., CPA, LLM (in taxation), CELA®, AEP® (Distinguished), Partner Amy C. O’Hara Esq., CELA®, Partner Marion M. Walsh, Esq. as 2024 Super Lawyers,® and Attorneys Arshi Pal, Esq., and Nicholas N. Khayumov, Esq. as Super Lawyer’s Rising Stars® for 2024. Founding Partner … Continue reading Littman Krooks Attorneys Distinguished as 2024 Super Lawyers Honorees for Excellence in Elder Law, Estate Planning and Probate, and Schools and Education →

Jury Finds Waterford Public Schools Retaliated Against Whistleblower Teacher for Reporting Threat of School Gun Violence October 2nd, 2024Thomas Villarreal

Jury Finds Waterford Public Schools Retaliated Against Whistleblower Teacher for Reporting Threat of School Gun Violence

October 2, 2024News & UpdatesAgainst, Finds, Jury, Public, Reporting, Retaliated, School, Schools, Teacher, Threat, Violence, Waterford, WhistleblowerThomas Villarreal

Southfield, Michigan – As a special education teacher at Waterford Public Schools’ Riverside Elementary, Katherine Albright reasonably expected the school district to appropriately address her report about a disturbing threat of gun violence. Instead, a jury found that the school district unlawfully retaliated against her, ending her employment just 11 days after she reported a … Continue reading Jury Finds Waterford Public Schools Retaliated Against Whistleblower Teacher for Reporting Threat of School Gun Violence →

CDC Data Show Improvements in Youth Mental Health but Need for Safer and More Supportive Schools August 7th, 2024Pamela Wojcik

CDC Data Show Improvements in Youth Mental Health but Need for Safer and More Supportive Schools

August 7, 2024News & UpdatesData, Health, Improvements, Mental, More, Need, Safer, Schools, Show, Supportive, YouthPamela Wojcik

New CDC data released today highlight improvements in mental health among some United States teens, including decreases in the percentage of students feeling persistently sad or hopeless.

CDC Releases Guidance for Preventing Spread of Infections in Schools to Keep Children Healthy and Learning May 17th, 2024Mary Quinn

CDC Releases Guidance for Preventing Spread of Infections in Schools to Keep Children Healthy and Learning

May 17, 2024News & Updateschildren, Guidance, Healthy, Infections, keep, Learning, Preventing, releases, Schools, SpreadMary Quinn

Today, CDC released consolidated, evidence-based guidance for preventing the spread of infections in K-12 schools.

A Warning to the Law Schools on Anti-Semitism November 3rd, 2023Norma Galloway

A Warning to the Law Schools on Anti-Semitism

November 3, 2023News & UpdatesAntiSemitism, Schools, WarningNorma Galloway

Major law firms tell deans to protect students and resist anti-Semitism.

Religious Charter Schools Are OK in Oklahoma June 15th, 2023Ramona Moore

Religious Charter Schools Are OK in Oklahoma

June 15, 2023News & UpdatesCharter, Oklahoma, Religious, SchoolsRamona Moore

St. Isidore’s approval is a win for authentic educational pluralism and faithful practice.

Medical Schools Are Wrong to Think Diversity and Merit Are in Conflict February 16th, 2023Amanda Kozak

Medical Schools Are Wrong to Think Diversity and Merit Are in Conflict

February 16, 2023News & UpdatesConflict, Diversity, Medical, Merit, Schools, Think, WrongAmanda Kozak

This perpetuates the stereotype that students from backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine are of lesser quality or unable to compete.

Dr. Zvi Levran, Former Team Doctor for Novi High School’s Hockey Team Charged with Sexual Misconduct November 30th, 2022Marian Galloway

Dr. Zvi Levran, Former Team Doctor for Novi High School’s Hockey Team Charged with Sexual Misconduct

November 30, 2022News & UpdatesCharged, Doctor, Former, high, hockey, Levran, Misconduct, Novi, Schools, Sexual, teamMarian Galloway

Southfield, MI (Law Firm Newswire) November 29, 2022 – Sommers Schwartz has recently learned that Dr. Zvi Levran, who is being prosecuted for sexual misconduct in Oakland County, Michigan, was the team doctor for the Novi High School Hockey Team as well as other teams in Michigan and Minnesota. The Novi Wildcats are the hockey … Continue reading Dr. Zvi Levran, Former Team Doctor for Novi High School’s Hockey Team Charged with Sexual Misconduct →

Law Schools Without LSATs November 25th, 2022Yolanda Bravo

Law Schools Without LSATs

November 25, 2022News & UpdatesLSATs, Schools, WithoutYolanda Bravo

The American Bar Association’s move to discard objective tests won’t enhance diversity.