Rowman & Littlefield Publishers School Law for Public, Private, and Parochial Educators

Product Description Here is a book to serve educators from all types of schools in either pre-service or professional development that is designed as a text for master's and licensure (post-master's) level. This book covers all the relevant issues in school law: · The legal system · The federal and state role in education · Church-state relationships · Attendance law · The instructional program · Student rights · Teacher contracts · Rights and freedoms · Teacher negligence · Law for handicapped students, and · Desegregation The author groups case summaries, which include a brief, ramifications, and topics of interest to educators, together at the end of each chapter to facilitate research efforts. The book is a concise presentation of the constitutional, statutory, and case law knowledge that is needed for the effective day-to-day operation of schools and school systems. Contemporary issues having a large impact on school law, such as vouchers, the evolution vs. creation controversy, and home-schooling are included. Review Bradley navigates the reader through the minefield of legal issues that confront administrators regularly -- religious issues, student rights, teacher contracts, teacher negligence and students with disabilities.-- "School Administrator"Written for use in master's and licensure courses, this text covers the constitutional, statutory and case law knowledge necessary for effective day-to-day operation of school systems.-- "Reference and Research Book News" About the Author Leo H. Bradley has been a professor of school law for fifteen years. Prior to his professoriate, he held the positions of teacher, principal, curriculum director, assistant superintendent, and superintendent in Ohio public schools.