There is a sizable body of school law with which educators should be familiar if they wish to conduct themselves in a legally acceptable manner. Those educators who 'fly by the seat of their pants' may be in difficulty if sufficient thought is not given to the legal implications of their decisions and conduct. This text provides introductory material for those educators interested in K-12 educational issues, and who have little or no background knowledge in school law.
Uses the case method to provide graduate students in education as well as law students with a comprehensive view of the complex web of laws and court decisions governing the...
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 ...
... immediately after the university purchased Marshall Elementary School from the city, parents were articulating their fears that UHS would be closed as university expansion replaced its residential neighborhoods with athletic fields ...
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The Courts and American Education Law
[***6] JUDGES: WHITE, J ., delivered the opinion of the Court, which BURGER, C.J., and POWELL, REHNQUIST, and O'CONNOR, JJ., joined, and in Part II of which BRENNAN, MARSHALL and STEVENS, JJ., joined. POWELL J ., filed a concurring ...
Driver provides a fresh account of the historic legal battles, and argues that since the 1970s the Supreme Court has transformed public schools into Constitution-free zones.
Content includes entire chapters on campus safety and privacy, student freedom of expression, threatening behavior and peer harassment, educational quality and the law, religion and public education, morality and values, copyright issues in ...
Critical Legal Studies and the Campaign for American Law Schools tells the story of the critical legal studies movement.
This book documents the shocking state of public education in the United States, including the high rates of school violence, the decline in student achievement, and the politicization of the...