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Future teachers and administrators and current school professionals get a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to critical school law topics and issues in this widely popular book. Using a unique question and answer format based on real cases from school districts throughout the country, the authors provide a thorough, wide-ranging understanding of public school law in the United States today. The clear, jargon-free writing style is ideal for readers without a strong legal background, as it eliminates technical and intimidating legal speak in favor of clear, simple explanations. The new edition of Teachers and the Law covers topics of concern today including the rights of transgender students, procedural versus substantive due process, charter schools and vouchers, students' privacy rights when using computer, and the federal laws affecting disabled students, and includes a discussion of a recent affirmative action case.
Preface
About the Authors
1 Teachers and the Legal System
Overview
Summary
Notes
PART ONE * The Legal Aspects of Teaching
2 Do I Have a Contract?
Overview
Creating a Contract
Express and Implied Contracts
Breach of Contract
Summary
Notes
3 How Secure Is My Employment?
Overview
Acquiring Tenure
Rights of Tenure
Dismissal Procedures
Grounds for Dismissal
Summary
Notes
4 How Does Collective Bargaining Affect Me?
Overview
The Right to Organize
Teachers' Rights
Contract Negotiations
Strikes
Summary
Notes
5 When Am I Liable?
Overview
Student Injuries
Defenses against Liability
Other Types of Liability
Damages
Summary
Notes
6 What Constitutes Slander and Libel?
Overview
Defamatory Statements about Teachers
Defamatory Statements about Students
Public Officials
Summary
Notes
7 How Should I Deal with Child Abuse and Neglect?
Overview
Child Abuse and Neglect
State Reporting Requirements
Symptoms of Abuse and Neglect
Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
Summary
Notes
8 How Does Copyright Law Affect Me?
Overview
Introduction to Copyright Law
Materials Covered by Copyright
Fair Use
Copyright Violation
Summary
Notes
PART TWO * Teachers' and Students' Rights
9 When Can Schools Restrict Teachers' Freedom of Expression?
Overview
Teachers and Free Speech
Controversial Issues and Academic Freedom
Teaching Methods
Summary
Notes
10 When Can Schools Restrict Students' Freedom of Expression?
Overview
The Wooster Case
The Tinker Case
Hate Speech Codes
The Hazelwood Case
Underground Publications
Summary
Notes
11 When Can Schools Limit Religious Freedom?
Overview
Teachers' Freedom of Conscience
Religious Holidays
Students' Freedom of Conscience
Summary
Notes
12 When Can Schools Limit Freedom of Association?
Overview
Student Organizations
Demonstrations, Protests, and Speakers
Teachers and Politics
Political and Social Affiliations
Oaths of Loyalty
Summary
Notes
13 What Are My Rights to Due Process and to Privacy?
Overview
Due Process for Teachers
Substantive Due Process
Due Process for Students
Procedural Due Process: The Goss Case
Substantive Due Process for Students
School Searches
Searches of Teachers
Searches of Students
Summary
Notes
14 How Free Is My Personal Life?
Overview
"Immoral" and "Unprofessional" Conduct
Criminal Conduct
Lifestyle
Age, Citizenship, and Disability
Summary
Notes
15 Are Teachers and Students Protected against Racial Discrimination?
Overview
School Desegregation
Racial Discrimination against Teachers and Staff
Summary
Notes
16 Are Teachers and Students Protected against Sex Discrimination?
Overview
Sex Discrimination against Teachers
Marriage and Pregnancy
Sex Discrimination against Students
Summary
Notes
17 Are There Special Rights for Students with Disabilities and Non-English-Speaking Students?
Overview
Educating Students with Disabilities
Bilingual and Multicultural Education
Summary
Notes
18 Who Controls Student Records?
Overview
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
What Are the Main Features of the Act?
Right of Access
Other Rights
Legal Enforcement
Summary
Notes
19 Do Parents Have Choices in Educating Their Children?
Overview
Compulsory Schooling and Parents' Rights
Home Schooling
Objections to the Curriculum
Summary
Notes
20 When Can Schools Restrict Personal Appearance?
Overview
Grooming Standards for Teachers
Teachers' Clothing
Students' Grooming
School Dress Codes
School Uniforms, Gang Clothing, and Message T-Shirts
Summary
Notes
21 Emerging Legal Issues
Overview
Accountability in Education
Students: The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
High-Stakes Testing
Parents: School Choice
Technology in Education
School Safety
Rights of Transgender Students
Rights of Homeless Students
Frivolous Lawsuits
Public Education Funding
Summary
Notes
Appendix A: Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution
Appendix B: Major Federal Laws Affecting Schools
Appendix C: Other Legal Resources for Teachers
Glossary
Index
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