Law and Education

Law and Education
Author: H. C. Hudgins
Publisher: Lexis Law Publishing (Va)
Total Pages: 606
Release: 1991
Genre: Law
ISBN:

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In this Fifth Edition, the authors have again brought the material up-to-date with the current state of law as it affects public education. As in the four previous editions, the text identifies legal issues that impact on the daily operation of schools. These issues affect boards of education, administrators, schoolboard attorneys, teachers & students. The authors cover these issues so as to help individuals understand their roles, & then perform them in a manner consistent both with law & with sound educational policy & practice.

Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education
Author: James T. Patterson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2001-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199880840

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2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial Supreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Most Americans still see Brown as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with Brown? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How useful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?

School Law and the Public Schools

School Law and the Public Schools
Author: Nathan L. Essex
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN:

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The goal of this book is to provide comprehensive and practical knowledge of relevant legal issues that affect the administration of public schools. It will allow educators to effectively perform their duties within the boundaries of constitutional, statutory, and case law. It is also designed to be easy to understand for those with little or no legal background. Selected court cases address issues most relevant to education. It includes recent landmark court decisions in areas such as religion, student rights, student and faculty disabilities, and classroom harassment. School violence is discussed comprehensively. The book begins with an index of major legal issues related to relevant issues, allowing the reader to ascertain the legal sources of authority related to those particular topics. Educational leaders are provided with pertinent information to direct their day-to-day decisions. The primary focus is not on state law since this varies from state to state. Appendices include constitutional provisions, selected and annotated federal statutes, and an abbreviated glossary. It will enable educators to perform their legal duties and to meet the requirements of reasonableness as they move their organizations toward their goals. (Contains 279 references.) (RKJ)

Legal Issues in Education

Legal Issues in Education
Author: Jane Goretskaya
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2014-05-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781499751215

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Discussions of Part 1 of Book 5 Legal Issues in Education collaborate on such important issues as accommodating the needs of designated students, contract adherence, violation of the first amendment, and code of conduct. Discussions of Part 2 of Book 5 collaborate on policy violation in workplace. These part discussions will address a variety perspectives regarding the legal issues involved in the case of a teacher's alleged violation of current policy, resulting in his or her dismissal from his or her teaching position. Performing as an arbiter and facilitator, the governing board member and dean will address whether the dismissal was justified or not and explain the part community politics play in the decision-making process. As a plaintiff, student will explain his or her view on the same issues, and a teacher-defendant will attempt to defend him or herself after an evaluation of material presented by all stockholders in the case study. The plaintiff expected to add substance by accumulating all written documentation and evidence regarding the student complaint. In respond to the dean's request, instructor will also document paperwork from his or her release from employment in order to complete the due process and present it in the second session of the hearing. Discussions of Part 3 of Book 5 collaborate on importance and steps of accreditation of private institutions. To recognize the guidelines and accreditation processes for private school, the National Private Schools Accreditation Alliance was contacted and requested information received. Further sections of this paper will provide analysis of the received material and a summary of the accreditation process. Two cases on accreditation will be described, including summarizing positions of both plaintiff and defendant. Findings from research, presented lawsuits brought by higher educational institutions, state agencies, students, and teachers, will be discussed. Further, the paper will address steps to avoid conflict in the future.Discussions of Part 4 of Book 5 collaborate on an explanation how the Supreme Court rulings affect education. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the land, which performs as the ultimate arbiter in all matters pertaining to the U.S. Constitution. That is why its rulings become the laws of the land that affect all similar situations in future cases. To explain the effectiveness of the Supreme Court rulings on education, four cases were selected. Stating Supreme Court rulings as results of its decisions for each case, this part will also address implications of these rulings on educational institutions. This part will also present each case progression prior to appearing in Supreme Court, and which cases, acts, or regulations were incorporated in Court decisions and rulings. Further, this paper will discuss whether the Supreme Court decisions will affect an education for the long- term. The book is concluded by Discussion Questions accompanied by the author responses.