Education Administration

Education Administration & Finance expert witnesses provide opinions and forensic analysis of cases involving child injuries, student rights, staffing, school funding and financing, and student loans. The education administration experts profiled in this directory may provide opinions on the relevant standard of care for teachers, principals, superintendents, deans or administrative staff in matters of child injury and supervision, bullying, sexual harassment and abuse, drug testing and unreasonable search and seizure, discipline (suspension and expulsion), personal injury and wrongful death.

These education professionals may also have expertise in the statutory and regulatory rights of students in educational institutions, including Title IX (sexual and gender discrimination), Equal Education Opportunities Act of 1974, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), privacy rights of student education and medical records, and in extracurricular activities. They may also provide opinions on matters related to best-interest analyses for custody matters.

These education experts may provide opinions in school district administration and staffing, including staff dismissal, hiring and retention, standardized testing, minimum credit hours, required subjects of study, etc. This includes experts in educational technologies, virtual education (including issues of accessibility), virtual charter schools and distance learning in higher education.

Education finance expert witnesses profile in this directory may have specific expertise in educational funding, in public schools, charter schools, universities and other educational institutions. They may also expertise in student loans and loan relief programs.

Expert witnesses in education administration may testify in a broad range of cases involving children, students and youth-serving organizations, including educational agencies, elementary and secondary school systems, day care centers, camps, residential programs, colleges and universities, vocational schools, proprietary schools, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, libraries and museums and other organizations that may be regulated be state and federal departments of education, such as state schools (funded by the government and run by local authorities), academies and charter schools (funded by government but not run by local authorities) and independent or private schools.