School Law: What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide

by David Schimmel, Louis Fischer, Leslie Stellman

Do teachers have a right to dress as they wish? Can Social Studies Teachers be prohibited from discussing controversial issues? When can copyrighted works be copied without permission? If you’ve ever pondered these or other questions of law, you need to know the right answers! In School What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide , David Schimmel, Louis Fischer, and Leslie Stellman demystify educational law one question at a time and provide clarity to hundreds of topics that affect teachers today―NCLB, Vouchers, School Choice, Discipline, Academic Freedom, Liability for Student Injuries, Due Process, Search and Seizure, Dress and Grooming, to Harassment and Child Abuse―encompassing law established by state and federal statutes, constitutions, and court decisions. The authors offer friendly translations of legal jargon into everyday English, empowering educators to take the law constructively into their own hands and use it as a source of guidance and protection to improve their schools and classrooms. School What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide is a powerful reference every educator can use and is a perfect resource for seminars and courses in Education Foundations, Introduction to Educational Psychology, School Counseling, Field Experience, Student Teaching Practicum, and Classroom Management, where knowledge of core legal concepts is important. Make the law work for you… “With its question/answer format, [this] book provides a general overview of how the legal system applies to the practice of education, considering many questions one might not think to ask.” ―Meghan M. Reilly, Andover High School, Andover, MA “There is an excellent balance of legal citations in contrast with specific examples that almost every instructor can relate to in their experience as a classroom teacher.” ―Thomas J. Little Jr., Kokomo-Center Schools, Kokomo, IN

Genres: Education, Nonfiction, Teaching

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 18, 2007

Reviews

[Tatiana · Rating 4 out of 5]

School Law is a textbook you just might want to save from the buy-back pile at the end of the semester, especially for future teachers. Ignorantia juris non excusat. There is no reason not to know your rights as an educator when the law is presented in an understandable, straight forward manner, as this slim handbook does with its easy-to-digest Q&A format. I once seriously considered pre-law, so I was kind of tickled when all the law lingo/court case rulings/nit-picky exceptions in the examples highlighted in this book made sense to me. The liabilty chapter alone is invaluable.

This was a supplementary text in my school and diversity course and served as a helpful primer for the School Law Exam that I'll be taking tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully reading this book cover to cover, carrying around a set of self-made flashcards for two weeks, and studying like a crazy person will pay off. Fingers crossed!

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a lot more interesting/helpful than I was prepared for (considering it was school reading). It has short little Q&A sections that include some interesting precedent setting court cases. Are you wondering whether teachers have the right to grow beards? If students can hold up signs saying "bong hits 4 jesus"? Or what the deal is with segregation in today's schools? If so this book might just deserve a spot on your (reference) shelf.

[o · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was extremely helpful for my Law course, as well in answering things about being a teacher that I'd always wondered about, such as teacher unions, dress codes, sexual orientation protection, and so on. I especially liked the Q&A format, making the information more accessible than a list of cases and decisions. Shall keep this book for years to come.

[Leilanit7 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very informative book! Every parent and teacher needs to read this.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a textbook it wasn't that bad.

[Mills College Library]

344.73071 S335 2008