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Books : Nonfiction : Law : Specialties : Educational Law & Legislation
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Becoming a first-year law student—a "One L"—at the oldest, most esteemed law school in the United States threw Scott Turow into a physical, emotional, and intellectual combat zone. An ultimate test by fire of his own honesty and principles, it was a time of hazings, betrayals, challenges, and triumphs. Here, in national bestseller, law school primer, and classic autobiographical account, the author of Presumed Innocent reveals the shocking, fascinating reality of a first year at Harvard Law School—and what life is like for a typical...One L.
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Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition provides a clear roadmap to the laws and how to get better services for all children with disabilities. This Wrightslaw publication is an invaluable resource for parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys. You will refer to this book again and again.
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Wrightslaw: From Emotions to Advocacy, second edition will teach you how to plan, prepare, organize and get quality special education services. In this comprehensive, easy-to-read book, you will learn your childs disability and educational needs, how to create a simple method for organizing your childs file and devising a master plan for your childs special education. You will understand parent-school conflict, how to create paper trails and effective letter writing. This book includes dozens of worksheets, forms and sample letters that you can tailor to your needs. Whether you are new to special education or an experienced advocate this book will provide a clear roadmap to effective advocacy for your child. You will use this book again and again.
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Alexander and Alexander's best-selling AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW, Seventh Edition, sets the standard for texts in educational law, an increasingly vital area of expertise for today's school and district administrators. This combined textbook/casebook provides an authoritative and comprehensive view of the law that governs the public school system of the United States, including common law, statutes, and constitutional laws as they affect students, teachers, and administrators. Featuring civil and criminal cases selected from hundreds of jurisdictions and newly updated to reflect the latest legal trends and precedents, the text reviews key laws and relevant court decisions. The case method offers ample opportunity for class discussion to discover and expose the underlying rules and reasoning, and the text actively encourages readers to relate factual situations to the law while anticipating similar experiences they may have as practicing teachers and administrators. Written in an engaging and accessible style, AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW, Seventh Edition, explains even complex points of law clearly and effectively for non-lawyers, and the authors maintain a diligent focus on the unique needs of professional educators preparing for successful careers in administration.
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For over twenty years, The Educator's Guide to Texas School Law has been the preeminent source for information on Texas school law for the state's education community. The sixth edition is the latest in a series of revisions designed to keep the book current, comprehensive, and readable. Readers will find a number of changes in the new edition. First and foremost, the immensely important No Child Left Behind Act has been incorporated at various points in the text, particularly in discussions pertaining to accountability, assessment, and school safety. Other changes include an expanded discussion of charter schools, school uniform policies, and student drug testing programs. Employment issues are now addressed in two chapters, one dealing with contractual matters and the other with personnel management. The new edition includes all legislative developments, relevant federal and state court rulings, and Texas Commissioner of Education decisions to date.
In its ten chapters, The Educator's Guide discusses a myriad of topics relating to the legal structure of the Texas school system, attendance law and the instructional program, the education of children with disabilities, employment law, rights of expression and association, the role of religion, student discipline, open meetings and public records, privacy issues, student search and seizure, and legal liability of school districts and employees.
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This book includes comprehensive and practical coverage of the relevant legal issues that affect the organization and administration of public schools, using minimal legal jargon, and timely court case studies. Includes a comprehensive bibliography of cases and references and a glossary of relevant terms.
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The specifics of a special needs child's education are determined together by parents and educators through a process called the Individualized Education Program (IEP), which can be complicated, stressful, and intimidating to parents. THE COMPLETE IEP GUIDE clearly outlines the IEP, how to arrange the best possible program for a child, how to resolve disputes with school districts, and more.
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Based on the fourth edition of The Law of Higher Education—the indispensable guide to law that bears on the provision of higher education—this Student Edition provides an up-to-date reference and guide for coursework in higher education law. It also provides a guide for programs that help prepare higher education administrators for leadership roles.This important reference is organized into five main parts Perspectives and Foundations; The College and Its Governing Board and Staff; The College and Its Faculty; The College and Its Students; and The College and the Outside World. Each part includes the sections of the full fourth edition that most relate to student interests and are most suitable for classroom instruction, for example:
- The evolution and reach of higher education law
- The governance of higher education
- Legal planning and dispute resolution
- The interrelationships between law and policy
- The college and its employees
- Faculty employment and tenure
- Academic freedom
- Campus issues: student safety, racial and sexual harassment, affirmative action, computer networks, services for international students
- Student misconduct
- Freedom of speech, hate speech
- Student rights, responsibilities, and activities fees
- Athletics and Title IX
- Copyright
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California School Law provides the first comprehensive discussion of how law affects the day-to-day operation of the state’s public, charter, and private schools. The book is written for a wide audience including policymakers, governing board members, school administrators, union leaders, teachers, school law attorneys, education law professors and their students, and parents. In its twelve chapters, readers will find a detailed yet readable account of the many ways law structures the delivery of educational services in California.
Beginning with an explanation of the legal framework within which California schooling takes place, the book examines constitutional, statutory, and judicial law governing attendance and instruction, school accountability, school finance, the collective bargaining process, employment, free speech, religion, the delivery of services to children with disabilities, student discipline, open meetings and records, privacy and student search and seizure, race and gender discrimination and harassment, and legal liability.
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This text addresses legal principles applicable to practitioners in a succinct but comprehensive manner. It uniquely blends a detailed treatment of landmark cases with a thorough discussion of the legal context, trends, and generalizations to guide all school personnel in their daily activities. Information in this text will help alleviate concerns voiced by educators who either don't know the legal concepts that govern schools or feel that the scales of justice have been tipped against them.
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This volume covers ethics and law as they apply to psychologists in the school setting. It may be used as a basic or supplementary text for school psychologists in training and as a resource for practicing school psychologists. It aims to provide information on ethics, professional standards and laws pertinent to school psychologists and a resource for anticipating and preventing potential problems. Features of this edition include: study and discussion questions in each chapter; a chapter on training and credentialing of school psychologists; and authorised changes in education law, including IASA (Improving America's Schools Act) and IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act).
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Education Law presents a comprehensive overview of the legal foundations of educational administration.
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This text is written for K-12 educators and others who have little background in school law and need to know the sources of law under which educators operate. It focuses on an understanding of legal rationale and principles that inform practice.
This text enables educators to operate in a legally defensible and educationally sound manner. This new edition examines policies and litigation pertaining to church and state issues, legal rights and restrictions applicable to students and teachers, desegregation, school finance, vouchers, and charter schools, developments in disabilities law, and harassment of students.
Pre-service and in-service teachers and administrators
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Designed as a self-study tool, NALA's Study Guide and Mock Examination will help sharpen test-taking skills. This study guide offers detail and tips for taking the CLA exam, as well as a series of self-tests for each exam category. The end of the book contains a CLA mock exam with an answer key. Material is organized for a nine week period of study.
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This is a very concise, easy to read, reference to critical aspects of school law for any pre-service or in-service teacher. It can be used to discuss current legal issues in public schools, as a basic text or a supplemental text. The text is formatted to allow for flexible teaching strategies including lectures, discussion, debates, case studies, and case analysis. As a professor of teacher education, do you want a resource that responds to contemporary legal problems pre-service teachers will face in their profession? Do you want a text that provides well crafted guides to assist prospective teachers to resolve legal issues and reduce their chances of facing law suits? You will find this text to be practical, informative, easy to understand, entertaining, and extremely useful for teacher educators of the 21st century.
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"The material is useful to anyone needing a quick review of previous case law and regulations. It also addresses the history and legal processes involved in the IDEA and the delivery of instruction based on IDEA regulations. All of this is done in a concise format."
Bill Killian, Principal
Midway Middle School, Waco, TX"The major strength of this book lies in the fact that it provides information about legal issues in a way that appeals to educators. The authors do a good job of avoiding 'legal jargon' and instead rely on 'educational jargon,' which is, of course, more appropriate for the intended audience."
Karen Bessette, Principal
Randolph Elementary School, Universal City, TXProtect against costly litigation! Learning and referencing federal special education regulations will help you make the right placement and discipline decisions.
Deciphering legal cases and terminology can be a daunting undertaking for any educator. This overwhelming task is compounded by the constant possibility that one wrong move can result in a costly lawsuit. To assuage this anxiety among administrators and teachers, two of the nation’s Education Law experts have written this indispensable, user-friendly guide, which comprehensively covers federal and state interpretations of education regulations.
This guide is aimed at saving precious time and resources by thoroughly, yet succinctly, translating and explaining legal regulations-such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act-so educators can more fully focus on providing the services their students need.
The chapters contain cases, definitions, guidelines, and examples designed to help administrators make preventative decisions regarding placement, planning, and discipline that are in line with the many statutes and regulations that can impact a school site.
Relevant topics that all educators will find useful include:
- Legal requirements of special education students and disciplinary actions
- Legal interpretations of the IEP (Individualized Education Program)
- Legal definitions of parental rights and responsibilities
- Court decisions surrounding least restrictive environment and student placement
- Discussion and coverage of parochial schools and their unique considerations
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The No Child Left Behind Act is confusing to parents, educators, administrators, advocates, and most attorneys. Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind provides a clear roadmap to the law.
Wrightslaw: No Child Left Behind includes the full text of the No Child Left Behind Act with analysis, interpretation & commentary; advocacy strategies, tips, sample letters; and the No Child Left Behind CD-ROM of Publications & Resources.
Learn what the law says about:
Scientifically Based Reading Instruction
Proficiency Testing in Reading, Math, Science
Free Tutoring, Summer School, After-School Programs
Transfers from Failing Schools and School Choice
New Qualifications for Teachers and Paraprofessionals
Bonus Pay, Stipends, Scholarships for Teachers & Principals
Teacher Liability Protection
Bonus! The No Child Left Behind CD-ROM includes the full text of the NCLB statute, regulations, and dozens of references and resources.
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For courses in Special Education Law. In the highly litigated area of Special Education, it is imperative that professionals in the field understand the legal requirements of providing a free appropriate public education to students with disabilities. This text presents the necessary information for educators to understand the history and development of special education laws and the requirements of these laws. It provides the reader with the necessary skills to locate pertinent information in law libraries, on the Internet, and other sources to keep abreast of the constant changes and developments in the field. The second edition of The Law and Special Education, one of the top special education law books in the field, includes new information on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It has been updated with the latest information on the statutes, regulations, policy guidance, and cases on special education law.