Tort liability -- Church/state relations -- Instructional issues -- Student expression, association, and appearance -- Student classifications -- Rights of students with disabilities -- Student discipline -- Conditions of employment and collective barganing -- Employees' substantive constitutional rights -- Discrimination in employment -- Termination of employment -- Alternatives to increas educational choice -- Summary of legal generalizations

"Now teachers have an absolute desk reference that could be called ′How to Stay in the Classroom and Out of the Courtroom!" —John Casper, District Achievement Gap Coordinator Kentucky Department of Education "Reading this book is the next best thing to taking a class on education law. It could well serve as the resource for such a class!" —Deanna Brunlinger, Science Teacher Elkhorn Area High School, WI Everything teachers need to know about education law Do you know what you can and can′t do and say in your school? Most teacher education programs offer little, if any, instruction on education law. When teachers need advice regarding employment or instructional issues, they may find the search frustrating, time-consuming, or costly. Teachers will find the answers to their most frequently asked legal questions in this easy-to-read book. Key topics include: Certification, tenure, evaluation, and dismissal Collective bargaining and teacher contracts Constitutional rights of teachers Discrimination and harassment Academic freedom Grading policy and integrity of student records Copyright law Safety Also covered are tort liability, teachers′ responsibilities regarding the safety and well-being of their students, and teachers′ protection from defamation. Educators will find practical suggestions, vignettes, and summaries of judicial opinions with real-world applications. Don′t wait for a problem to arise. Read this book and be prepared.

The second edition of Legal Rights of Teachers and Students provides an applied treatment of the current status of the law governing public schools in the key areas that concern teachers AND students. Written for the growing undergraduate and returning professional audience of teachers, this text addresses legal principles applicable to pre-service and in-service practitioners in a succinct, comprehensive manner. This book addresses the central issues that concern school personnel in their daily activities: church/state relations, instructional issues, student expression, students with disabilities, student discipline, teacher employment, TEACHERS' SUBSTANTIVE RIGHTS, termination of employment and tort liability. Information in this text will guide PRACTITIONERS and help alleviate concerns voiced by new educators who don't know the legal concepts that govern schools.

Fischer's name appears first on the earlier edition.

This clearly written text, adapted from its parent volume, Education Law, provides a concise introduction to topics in education law that are most relevant to teachers.

Using 10 ready-made lessons, this book equips school leaders with a professional development curriculum to train teachers in areas of educational law that affect their everyday work.

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

This pioneering book is the first to identify the methods, strategies, and personal traits of law professors whose students achieve exceptional learning. Modeling good behavior through clear, exacting standards and meticulous preparation, these instructors know that little things also count--starting on time, learning names, responding to emails.

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.

It also discusses the implications of the law for educational policy and practice."--Jacket.