440 Pages
by Routledge

440 Pages
by Routledge

440 Pages
by Routledge

Adapted from its parent volume Education Law, 5 th Edition, this accessible text concisely introduces topics in law that are most relevant to teachers. Providing public school teachers with the legal knowledge necessary to do their jobs, A Teacher’s Guide to Education Law covers issues of student rights, discipline, negligence, discrimination, special education, teacher rights, hiring and... Read more
  1. Understanding Education Law
  2. Compulsory Schooling
  3. Curriculum
  4. Student Freedom of Expression
  5. Student Discipline
  6. Equality of Educational Opportunity: Race and Gender
  7. Equality of Educational Opportunity: Students with Disabilities
  8. School Finance
  9. Federal Constitutional and Statutory Rights of Teachers
  10. Teacher Employment
  11. Collective Bargaining, Unions, and Teacher Contracts
  12. Torts

Biography

Michael Imber is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Kansas.

Tyll van Geel is Earl B. Taylor Professor Emeritus at the Warner School of Education, University of Rochester.

J.C. Blokhuis is Assistant Professor of Social Development Studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo and a Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress.

Jonathan Feldman is a Senior Attorney at the Empire Justice Center and Clinical Visiting Professor of Law, Cornell University Law School.