Overview
Public School Law: Teachers’ and Students’ Rights, 6/e
(020557937X)
Updated and revised to reflect new policy and legal decisions, the Sixth Edition of Public School Law: Teachers’ and Students’Rights provides an all-inclusive treatment of the current status and evolution of the law governing public schools, making it the most comprehensive and well-documented school law text available.
New to this edition:
- Additional tables, graphs, and figures to enhance content syntheses and understanding.
- All chapters have been revised to reflect emerging legal concerns.
- A separate chapter on special education and IDEA.
- New issues such as ELL, bullying, sexual harassment, vouchers, digital copyright, added.
- More coverage of school financing and high stakes testing.
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- Agnes Smith, University of South Alabama
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Synopsis
This text addresses legal principles applicable to practitioners in a succinct but comprehensive manner. It uniquely blends a detailed treatment of landmark cases with a thorough discussion of the legal context, trends, and generalizations to guide all school personnel in their daily activities. Information in this text will help alleviate concerns voiced by educators who either don't know the legal concepts that govern schools or feel that the scales of justice have been tipped against them.