Law and Ethics in Educational Leadership, 2nd edition

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