Woo Pig!  Wilbur Goes to Court By Joe Tanguma of the Walsh Anderson Firm   You may have heard a story in  the news recently of a certain Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig.  His name is Wilbur, but not to the neighborhood Home Owner’s Association (HOA) presiding over Wilbur’s digs—the backyard of the Sardo Family’s abode.  To [...]

As spring approaches, I have had this song running through my head.  Actually, the song is “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”  by Pete Seger, but you’ll soon see why I got the name wrong. Perhaps some of you are old enough to remember the song.  It’s about flowers and children and the cycle of [...]

As we head into one of the busiest seasons of the school year, a time in which school folks are hard at work doing everything from making employment decisions for the following year to preparing students to take a brand new state assessment, it’s worth reviewing a topic that is perhaps second to none in [...]

Last year, this blog ran a piece about major Title IX complaint brought against a dozen school districts nationwide. Now, a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit offers a good reminder that both the federal courts, and the U.S. Department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) are serious about enforcement [...]

This spring students in grades 3- 9 will be taking the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) instead of the TAKS test. For students in special education, a modified version of the assessment (STAAR Modified) and an alternate version (STAAR Alternative) will be available. Which assessment the student takes matters for several reasons. [...]