School Law for Public, Private, and Parochial Educators

ISBN-13: 9781578862627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 320 str.

Leo H. Bradley

Opis

Here is a book to serve educators from all types of schools in either pre-service or professional development that is designed as a text for master's and licensure (post-master's) level. This book covers all the relevant issues in school law: -The legal system -The federal and state role in education -Church-state relationships -Attendance law -The instructional program -Student rights -Teacher contracts -Rights and freedoms -Teacher negligence -Law for handicapped students, and -Desegregation The author groups case summaries, which include a brief, ramifications, and topics of interest to educators, together at the end of each chapter to facilitate research efforts. The book is a concise presentation of the constitutional, statutory, and case law knowledge that is needed for the effective day-to-day operation of schools and school systems. Contemporary issues having a large impact on school law, such as vouchers, the evolution vs. creation controversy, and home-schooling are included.