"Education Law, 6th Edition provides a comprehensive survey of the legal problems and issues confronting school leaders, teachers, and policymakers today. Court cases accompanied by explanation and analysis can help aspiring educators understand the subtlety and richness of the law. Accordingly, each of the twelve thematic chapters begins with an overview, concludes with a summary, and balances an explanation of the important principles of education law, with actual court decisions to illuminate those issues most relevant for educational policy and practice. This updated and expanded Sixth Edition includes: Revision of case law, education policy, and citations to reflect the most recent decisions and developments in the field. Cases and commentary on key topics such as constitutional rights of students in public schools, school discipline, safety, and zero tolerance policies, school choice and parental rights claims, the regulation of charter schools and home-based education, cyberbullying and the regulation of online speech, racial and sexual harassment policies, and collective bargaining, unions, and working conditions. eResources accessible include a Glossary for students, Chapter Outlines and Abstracts for instructors, as well as Tables of Cases"--
Education Law provides insightful analysis and case law citations on such topics as: school governance; finance and procurement; employment issues, including tenure, dismissal and more.
Also available as an ebook." — Booklist The Encyclopedia of Education Law is a compendium of information drawn from the various dimensions of education law that tells its story from a variety of perspectives.
This readable introduction to American public education law is designed to assist practicing educators, college and graduate students, parents, and the public in acting on everyday legal issues such as student expression, church/state ...
Thus the text both explains the important concepts and principles of education law and presents court decisions to illuminate them.
Maria M. Lewis is Assistant Professor of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies at the Pennsylvania State University and Faculty Affiliate at Penn State Law. Her research examines issues at the intersection of education ...
This clearly written text, adapted from its parent volume, Education Law, provides a concise introduction to topics in education law that are most relevant to teachers.
Most of the texts in education law today present court cases that are heavily edited.
This revised 2007 edition provides current information on Section 504, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), and the reauthorization of IDEA 2004.
See, e.g., Robert T. Tauber, Self—Fulfilling Prophecy: A Practical Guide to Its Use in Education (Greenwood Publishing 1997). 4. 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(3)(B). 5. 34 C.F.R. § 300.8. 6. In basic terms, suctioning refers to using a device to ...
See, e.g., Henry Louis Gates Jr., Speaking of Race, Speaking of Sex: Hate Speech, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (1994); Catherine A. MacKinnon, Only Words (1993). The campus speech codes have taken two different forms.