Public school law : teachers' and students' rights

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.

• Legal Framework of Public Education State Control of Education
• Legislative Power
• State Agencies
• Local School Boards
• School-based Councils
• Federal Role in Education
• United States Constitution
• General Welfare Clause
• Commerce Clause
• Obligation of Contract Clause
• First Amendment
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Ninth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
• Federal Legislation
• Funding Laws
• Civil Rights Laws
• Federal Administrative Agencies
• Function and Structure of the Judicial System
• State Courts
• Federal Courts
• Judicial Trends
• Conclusion
• Church-State Relations Constitutional Framework
• Religious Influences in Public Schools
• Silent Prayer Statutes
• School-Sponsored Versus Private Devotionals
• Weisman and Its Progeny
• Student Elections to Authorize Prayers
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Religious Displays and Holiday Observances