A Boom in Education Litigation
Sep 5, 2011
Debunking a long held misperception, Perry Zirkel says the last 20 years of the 20th century were not an especially litigious time period for the educational community. That changed rather quickly in…
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A Hidden Marketplace of Ideas
Jun 23, 2011
Private tutoring has become an essential part of the educational experience for a majority of students in Central Asia. Many families choose to invest in private tutoring in order to increase th…
On the Record: Bambara Says Autism Researcher Overstepped Bounds
Jan 7, 2011
The British publication Lancet, one of the world’s leading medical journals, has retracted a 1998 research study that touched off years of speculation that common childhood vaccines caused autis…
In the News: Zirkel Takes on ‘Self-Plagiarism’
Dec 10, 2010
The idea of self-plagiarism “on first impression sounds like an oxymoron,” Perry Zirkel, professor of education and law, writes in an opinion article titled "A Study of Self-Plagiarism" appearing in&…
Inviting Students to Think
Dec 9, 2010
When The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2009 was issued in the fall of 2009, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was clearly disappointed. “None of us should be satisfied. We need re…
Training Psychologists to Connect Healthcare and Schools
Nov 16, 2010
Parents often turn to pediatricians or family physicians when their children have emotional or behavioral problems. Then it’s up to parents to share information with schools, which can be challenging…