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A brief, user-friendly book organized around a question and answer format for all teachers who need to understand how legal issues affect them.

Table of Contents
Topic Overviews Preface About the Authors 1. Teachers and the Legal System 2.Teacher Contracts, Tenure and Collective Bargaining 3. Responsibilities and Liabilities: Student Injuries, Defamation, and Abuse and Neglect 4. Teacher Freedom of Expression: Academic Freedom, Association, Appearance, and Copyright 5. Student Freedom of Expression: Speech, Press, Association, and Appearance 6. Due Process Rights of Teachers and Students 7. Religion and Public Education 8. Discrimination and Equal Protection: Race, Gender, Age, Language, and Special Education 9. Teachers’ Personal Life 10. Parents’ Rights in Educating Their Children and Controlling Their School Records 11. The No Child Left Behind Act and Other Current Controversies Appendix A: Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Appendix B: Major Federal Laws Affecting Education Glossary Index

School Law

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    A Paperback / softback by David Schimmel, Louis Fischer, Leslie Stellman

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      Publisher Pearson Education (US)
      Published 30 July 2007
      ISBN-13 9780205484058
      978-0205484058
      ISBN-10 0205484050
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      Education law

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A brief, user-friendly book organized around a question and answer format for all teachers who need to understand how legal issues affect them.

      Table of Contents
      Topic Overviews Preface About the Authors 1. Teachers and the Legal System 2.Teacher Contracts, Tenure and Collective Bargaining 3. Responsibilities and Liabilities: Student Injuries, Defamation, and Abuse and Neglect 4. Teacher Freedom of Expression: Academic Freedom, Association, Appearance, and Copyright 5. Student Freedom of Expression: Speech, Press, Association, and Appearance 6. Due Process Rights of Teachers and Students 7. Religion and Public Education 8. Discrimination and Equal Protection: Race, Gender, Age, Language, and Special Education 9. Teachers’ Personal Life 10. Parents’ Rights in Educating Their Children and Controlling Their School Records 11. The No Child Left Behind Act and Other Current Controversies Appendix A: Selected Provisions of the U.S. Constitution Appendix B: Major Federal Laws Affecting Education Glossary Index

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