Legal Rights of Teachers and Students: Legal Rights Teache Stud_3 (The Allyn & Bacon Educational Leadership) - Softcover

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Martha McCarthy is Presidential Professor at Loyola Marymount University and Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus at Indiana University where she teaches educational law and policy courses.  She has written numerous books and articles, and has made frequent presentations on various school law topics at educational leadership programs with faculty members.  She has served as President of the Education Law Association and the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), and Vice President for Division A of the American Educational Research Association. Among her accolades, she received the Roald Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from UCEA.

Nelda Cambron-McCabe is Professor of Educational Leadership and Chair, Department of Educational Psychology at Miami University. Her teaching and research interests include public school law, leadership, and organizational learning. She has published extensively in these areas, including books and articles, as well as frequent presentations at conferences and to educators in the field. She has served as President of the Education Law Association and the American Education Finance Association, and has received a number of awards and honors for research and service contributions to education.

Suzanne Eckes is an associate professor at Indiana University where she teaches and researches about education law. A prolific author, she has written over 70 articles on school legal issues, is a co-author on Principals Teaching the Law (Corwin, 2010), and a  co-editor on the Principal's Legal Handbook (Education Law Association, in press) and School Discipline and Safety (Sage, in press). She has been invited to speak at several national and international venues about the legal rights of teachers and students, and has received several awards for her teaching and research accomplishments.

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In this concise, reader-friendly, applied resource, pre- and in-service educators get practical help for approaching the legal issues affecting their daily activities with students and teachers. With the goals of providing an awareness of rights and responsibilities, motivating educators to translate basic concepts into actual practice, and generating an interest in further study of the law, this book looks at the legality of the complex decisions educators must make every day in such areas as religion, instruction, student expression, disabilities, discipline, teacher employment, Teachers’ Substantive Rights, termination, and tort liability; plus such as English Language Learners, bullying, sexual harassment, vouchers, digital copyright, and more.

In this new edition the authors present up to date coverage through new sections addressing emerging issues of legal concern, more than 300 new illustrative cases, and coverage of at least 40 new or recently amended state and federal laws. Included is coverage of important legal concerns in the areas of:

• Employee and student use of the Internet and social media.
• State legislation and First Amendment challenges pertaining to student bullying.
• Educators’ free expression rights following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos.
• Changes in public employees’ bargaining rights.
• Charter schools and other alternatives to traditional public schools.
• Efforts to provide government aid to private schools through tax credit programs and voucher plans.
• Affirmative action in pupil assignment plans.

Also from Nelda H. Cambron-McCabe and Martha M. McCarthy:

0205579361 - Legal Rights of Teachers and Students, 2/e - ©2009 

0205581935 - Educational Governance and Administration, 6/e - ©2009