• Many states have liberalized rules on family homeschooling, now comes the backlash from proponents of tighter regulation [NY Times]
• Kansas Supreme Court decrees higher school spending, estimated taxpayer cost upwards of $500 million [Greg Weiner, Law and Liberty, Wichita Eagle; earlier] After all, judicially directed school munificence worked so well in nearby Kansas City, Missouri [via @David_Boaz]
• Scaring ourselves to death: the insanity of school active shooter drills [Radley Balko]
• University of Virginia’s resistance to assault hoax weaker than Duke’s, possibly because pressure on skeptics to shut up has intensified [KC Johnson/Stuart Taylor, Jr./Real Clear Politics] Hans Bader on curious provisions of feds’ settlement with Harvard [Examiner, earlier]
• “Oklahoma court declines to order [high school] football game replayed for blown call” [Paul Cassell, more]
• Ohio judge rules principals, superintendent open to being sued personally over school shooting [Insurance Journal]
• “Wow. How fun is this? A merry go round welded stationary. So kids don’t get hurt. Way to go, New York!” [Lenore Skenazy]

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