School Law for Public, Private, and Parochial Educators
Leo H. Bradley
Rowman Littlefield Education
2005
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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.
