Legal Rights of Teachers and Students

Legal Rights of Teachers and Students
Author: Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Students
ISBN: 9780132619431

Key Benefit: Gives pre- and in-service educators a concise, informative, comprehensive guide to the legal issues affecting their daily activities with students and teachers. Key Topics: The legal framework of public education; tort liability; church/state relations; instruction; student expression, association, and appearance; student classifications; rights of students with disabilities; student discipline; terms and conditions of employment; teachers' substantive constitutional rights; discrimination in employment; termination in employment; legal generalizations; selected Supreme Court decisions Market: Pre- and in-service educators

The 200 Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions for Educators

The 200 Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions for Educators
Author: Nathan L. Essex
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2013-01-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1620875209

This jargon-free and easy-to-understand reference focuses on 200 common legal issues, providing school administrators and teachers with authoritative, legally defensible approaches for addressing school challenges. Through the accessible Q&A format, teachers and school leaders can read sequentially or browse for immediate answers on topics such as religious issues, individuals’ rights, disciplinary practices, morality, teacher dismissal, liabilities, MCLB, and more. Practical and concise, this guide provides a list of relevant court cases pertaining to each question and answer, legal references to guide teachers’ and school leaders’ actions, a glossary of legal terms, a list of selected federal statutes, and summaries and conclusions at the end of each chapter. The 200 Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions for Educators contains invaluable information to assist educators in performing their duties effectively and in accordance with the law.

The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers

The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers
Author: Allan G. Osborne, Jr.
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2011-04-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412975468

This easy-to-read book answers teachers' legal questions regarding employment and instruction. Key topics include tenure, collective bargaining, academic freedom, copyright law, safety, and student bullying.

Teachers and the Law

Teachers and the Law
Author: Louis Fischer
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1999
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This text provides a question and answer format which addresses every aspect of school law from a teacher's and school administrator's perspective. Clearly written and useful to both teachers and school administrators, this text focuses on legal issues reflecting current trends that are important to educators in the 21'st century. The authors designed the text for school professionals seeking an easy to use reference on every important area of school law, including student and employee rights, the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on those rights, and how to understand their legal rights and responsibilities. This up-to-date presentation provides insights into laws governing education as well as court decisions from all 50 states and the federal courts. Guiding legal principles are presented in such a way that educators can easily understand and follow today's trends in the law governing education.