Dennis Van Roeke,l of the National Education Association, and Randi Weingarten, of the American Federation of Teachers, say a law that requires schools to check students' immigration status at enrollment is unfair and unnecessary.
The chief of staff for Oklahoma's department of education calls school administrators suing to block a voucher program "dirtbags" in a tweet sent out last month.
The Florida Education Association has said it will file a lawsuit to halt a law signed by Gov. Rick Scott that ends tenure for new hires and implements a merit pay system.
The New Jersey Education Association is going to court to try to block changes that Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic lawmakers made to pensions.
A judge ruled that New York state officials exceeded the parameters of a new law in establishing regulations designed to tie student test scores to teacher evaluations.
A new Indiana private school voucher program has drawn 2,800 applicants, the majority of them from low-income backgrounds.
A judge declares that a state law, meant to give districts the right to ignore certain state education laws, is unconstitutional.
Opponents of a school voucher program in Indiana, which would allow middle-income families to use tax dollars for private tuition, have sued to stop the law from taking effect.
The New York State United Teachers organization says teacher-evaluation measures approved by the state's board of regents violate a state law approved last year.
More than a dozen states have introduced "parent trigger" laws this year, but only a few of them have made it into law or stand a chance of success during these legislative sessions.
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