Law and Ethics in Educational Leadership, 2nd edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • David L. Stader
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Title overview

For graduate level Law and Ethics courses in Educational Leadership Programs

A user-friendly, coherent look at the study of legal issues in a real-world, problem-based approach that emphasises the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for successful K-12 leadership

In this real world, problem-based approach to law and ethics in educational leadership, the author emphasises the knowledge, skills, and dispositions today's educators need to be successful leaders. In a user-friendly, coherent approach to the study of legal issues, how changes in law and society impact decision, and how to apply ethical frameworks to future decision-making, David Stader encourages candidates to analyse, evaluate, and synthesise legal knowledge and ethical frameworks and then present their own views in a logical, coherent manner.

Table of contents

1. Introduction: Law, Ethics, and Educational Leadership

  • Leadership Perspective
  • The ISLLC Conceptual Framework
  • Relating Law and Ethics to Educational Leadership
  • Law, Ethics, and Decision Making
  • Summary
  • Question

2. The Law of Education

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Education and the Legal Arena
  • The Judicial System
  • Elements of a Court Decision
  • Legal Citations
  • Sources of Law
  • Summary
  • Questions

3. Education, Religion, and Community Values

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Discourse Ethics: Resolving Issues of Conflicting Interests
  • Public Schools and Religion
  • The Equal Access Act and Religious Expression
  • State-Sponsored Religious Activities
  • District-Sponsored Religious Activites
  • Students and Religious Expression
  • Employees and Religious Expression
  • Public Money and Private Schools
  • Summary

4. Student Privacy and First Amendment Rights

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Lifeworlds and Systems: Policies, People, and School Culture
  • Student Rights
  • Student Records
  • Students and the First Amendment
  • Student Dress
  • Library Books
  • Threats
  • Student Off-Campus Speech
  • Summary

5. Due Process, Student Discipline, Athletics, and Title IX

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Student Rights and the Well-Ordered School
  • Due Process and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
  • Corporal Punishment and Excessive Force
  • Student Suspension or Expulsion for Off-Campus Behavior
  • Extracurricular Activities and Title IX
  • Summary
  • Question

6. Student Search

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Utilitarianism: Student Searches and the Greater Good
  • Students and the Fourth Amendment
  • Nonintrusive Searches
  • School Resource Officer: Law Enforcement or Educator?
  • Urinalysis Testing
  • Summary
  • Question

7. School Safety

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • The Purpose of Policy
  • School Safety
  • Student Victimization
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Sexual Orientation Harassment
  • Bullying
  • Sexting
  • Dating Violence
  • Security Cameras
  • Internet Statutory Protections
  • Summary

8. Equal Protection, English Language Learners, and Desegregation

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Justice as Fairness: Promoting Equality and Fraternity
  • Equal Protection: A Legal Theory to Promote Basic Fairness
  • Discrimination
  • English Language Learners
  • A Brief History of Desegregation
  • Summary
  • Question

9. Children with Disabilities (IDEIA)

  • Leadership Perspective
  • Children with Disabilities and Equity
  • IDEIA and Children with Disabilities
  • Zero Reject/Child Find
  • Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
  • Appropriate Education (Individualized Education Program)
  • Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)
  • Procedural Safeguards
  • Student Discipline
  • Parent and Student Participation
  • Section of the Rehabilitation act of 1973
  • Summary
  • Question

10. Tort Liability and Risk Management

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • The Law of Torts
  • Negligence
  • Defenses to Negligence
  • Intentional Torts
  • Managing the Risk of Tort Liability
  • Summary
  • Question

11. Teacher Employment, Supervision, and Collective Bargaining

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Utilitarianism and Employment Practices
  • Legal Issues in Employment
  • Affirmative Action and Occupational Qualifications
  • Licensure and Contracts
  • Teacher Supervision
  • Investigations of Employee Misconduct
  • Collective Bargaining and Negotiations
  • Summary
  • Question

12. Teacher Constitutional Law

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Discourse Ethics: Promoting a Cooperative School Culture
  • The Constitutional Rights of Teachers
  • First Amendment Rights
  • Fourth Amendment Rights
  • Summary
  • Question

13. Law, Ethics, and Educational Leadership: Making the Connection

  • Leadership Perspectives
  • Responding to Conflict
  • Summary

Appendix: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America

Glossary

References

Name Index

Subject Index

Author bios

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