Public schools

Attorneys for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press have filed a lawsuit on behalf of WTHR, an NBC…

A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled that state agencies may consider a requester's intent before releasing public records under the…

The Virginia Supreme Court ruled this morning that the University of Virginia does not have to release certain emails sent…

The New Jersey high court ruled Thursday that case records handled at public law school clinics are not considered public…

The Student Press Law Center is calling attention to a rule the Department of Education published last week, under which a school would have…

The City Colleges of Chicago board is facing criticism for neglecting to disclose in a meeting agenda a tuition hike it approved…

 A California school district violated the state’s open meeting law by raising its superintendent’s salary during a closed-door meeting, but…

A sheriff's deputy on Friday asked a local reporter to leave a meeting with school board members, schools officials and…

FERPA -- the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act -- has long made things difficult for student journalists, and any…

A judge in Washington, D.C., ruled Thursday that the public is not entitled to see the district’s education spending plan…