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Legal Rights of School Leaders, Teachers, and Students, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (17 August 2026) © 2027

  • Suzanne E. Eckes Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Janet R. Decker
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In this eTextbook — More ways to learn

  • More flexible. Start learning right away, on any device.
  • More supportive. Get AI explanations and practice questions (select titles).
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  • More understandable. Translate text into 100+ languages with one tap.

Title overview

Legal Rights of School Leaders, Teachers, and Students provides essential guidelines for everyday work in your future academic career, helping you understand how basic legal principles apply to educational questions. Scenarios of landmark cases and visuals clarify concepts and apply them to a range of school issues. The presentation is reader-friendly, straightforward, and non-technical.

The 9th Edition adds important legal updates and new information about ethical perspectives. It provides 150 new cases and at least 30 new or amended federal and state laws; adds new visuals, links, and podcast suggestions throughout; and many more enhancements.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction to School Law and Ethics
  2. Student Injuries and Tort Liability
  3. Religion in Public Schools
  4. Instructional Issues, Copyright, and Student Records
  5. Student Expression
  6. Student Classifications and Discrimination
  7. Students with Disabilities, High Abilities, and/or Giftedness
  8. Student Discipline
  9. Conditions of Employment, Contracts, and Collective Bargaining
  10. Employees' Substantive Constitutional Rights
  11. Discrimination in Employment
  12. Termination of Employment

Glossary

Selected Supreme Court Cases

Index

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