School Law for the Teachers

Description

For courses in General Methods, Student Teaching, and School Law.

Written in concise and accessible language School Law for Teachers: Concepts and Applications is written for both preservice and inservice teachers. It is meant to provide them with a broad legal background and to help them understand their rights and responsibilities as well as the rights of their students.  It covers the issues that are of greatest concern to classroom teachers today, namely employment and tenure, teachers’ rights, teachers’ legal responsibilities, students’ rights, education of students with disabilities, student discipline and due process, discrimination and harassment, religion and more.

Preface

Chapter 1  Legal Framework for the Public Schools

Chapter 2  Employment and Tenure

Chapter 3  Teachers’ Rights

Chapter 4  Teacher Discipline

Chapter 5  Legal Responsibilities of Teachers

Chapter 6  Negligence and Defamation in the School Setting

Chapter 7  Students’ Rights

Chapter 8  Education of Students with Disabilities

Chapter 9  Student Discipline and Due Process

Chapter 10  Discrimination and Harassment in the School Environment

Chapter 11 Religion in the Schools

• Links to state education statutes-For every major topic in each chapter, the student and instructor are able to access through the Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/underwood) state education statutes specific to that topic, allowing professors and students to see how broad legal principles and court decisions have been adopted and adapted in the education code of most states.
• In The News-Presents the alternative legal positions on an issue related to chapter content that is currently in controversy and whose outcome is likely to have an important impact on teachers or students.
• Landmark Cases decided by the Supreme Court-A brief summary of the facts and the U.S. Supreme Court decision of landmark cases related to chapter content are strategically presented in text boxes.
• A summary list of Guiding Legal Principles-Presented at the end of each chapter, and can be used for study and review as well as a guide to classroom discussion.
• You Be the Judge-Presents actual or real-life cases reflecting the legal issues discussed in the chapter and illustrating the complexity of cases involving a balance of the conflicting interests of teachers, students, parents, the school administration, and the public.

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