Teachers and the Law

by David Schimmel, Leslie R. Stellman

This text provides a question and answer format which addresses every aspect of school law from a teacher’s and school administrator’s perspective. Clearly written and useful to both teachers and school administrators, this text focuses on legal issues reflecting current trends that are important to educators in the 21’st century. The authors designed the text for school professionals seeking an easy to use reference on every important area of school law, including student and employee rights, the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on those rights, and how to understand their legal rights and responsibilities. This up-to-date presentation provides insights into laws governing education as well as court decisions from all 50 states and the federal courts. Guiding legal principles are presented in such a way that educators can easily understand and follow today’s trends in the law governing education.

Genres: Education, Teaching

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

Reviews

[Laurenschnaremahoney]

Read this for grad school, and I’ll definitely keep this as a resource. Clearly written.

[Jodi]

Long, but surprisingly interesting, read.

[Trish Bodine]

Required reading for class.

[Nicholas]

Excellent overview of laws concerning teachers. Understandable language with anecdotal illustration of cases pertaining to each issue

[Larina Warnock]

Pragmatic and thorough review of many legal issues educators face, but needs to be updated in the face of ESSA and Janis.

[Stacy Parrish]

I am currently reading this book in my masters class. It is highly fascinating. I am learning about hundreds of law cases that have happened in the educational realm. One might think that something like this would be dreary, but so far I am in love!

[Lindsay]

Read it for my first grad class! Some of it was pretty dry, but a lot of it was very informative.

[Julianna]

Biased and inaccurate footnotes.

[Mills College Library]

344.73078 S335 2011

[Annabelle Bigs]

Every teacher should read this boom.

[Colleen]

Good resource for educators.