School Law: What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide, 1st edition

Topic Overviews

Preface

About the Authors

 1. Teachers and the Legal System

 2.Teacher Contracts, Tenure and Collective Bargaining

 3. Responsibilities and Liabilities: Student Injuries, Defamation, and Abuse and Neglect

 4. Teacher Freedom of Expression: Academic Freedom, Association, Appearance, and Copyright

 5. Student Freedom of Expression:  Speech, Press, Association, and Appearance

 6. Due Process Rights of Teachers and Students

 7. Religion and Public Education

 8. Discrimination and Equal Protection: Race, Gender, Age, Language, and Special Education

 9. Teachers’ Personal Life

 10. Parents’ Rights in Educating Their Children and Controlling Their School Records

 11. The No Child Left Behind Act and Other Current Controversies

Appendix A:  Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution

Appendix B:  Major Federal Laws Affecting Education

Glossary

Index