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This book gives principals the tools they need to avoid lawsuits by teaching their staff the information they need to practice preventive law.
List of contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Liability for Student Injuries: Protecting Your Teachers, Your Students, and Your School
Chapter 2: Student Freedom of Expression
Chapter 3: Special Education
Chapter 4: Discipline: Student Due Process and Search and Seizure
Chapter 5: Student Harassment and Bullying
Chapter 6: Teacher Freedom of Expression
Chapter 7: Teacher Out-Of-School Conduct
Chapter 8: Religion
Chapter 9: Student Records: The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Chapter 10: Abuse and Neglect
Conclusion: Teaching and Practicing Preventative Law
Appendix A: Conducting Legal Research
Appendix B: Constitutional and Judicial Sources of Education Law
Appendix C: The Court System
Index
About the Authors
About the author
David Schimmel (J.D. Yale Law School) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and co-author of 8 books about law and education including Teachers and the Law 9th Ed. (2015). He is recipient of the Education Press Association of America's Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Journalism and the Education Law Association's McGhehey (lifetime achievement) Award.
Suzanne Eckes, J.D., Ph.D. is a professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at Indiana University. Dr. Eckes has published over 100 school-law articles and book chapters, is a co-editor of the Principal's Legal Handbook, Contemporary Legal Issues in Higher Education, and School Discipline and Safety, and is a co-author of the school law books Legal Rights of Teachers and Students and Public School Law.
Matthew Militello (Ph.D. Michigan State University) is the Wells Fargo Distinguished Professor in Educational Leadership at East Carolina University and co-author of five books and more then 60 articles. Prior to his academic career, Matt was a middle and high school teacher and principal in the state of Michigan.
Summary
This book gives principals the tools they need to avoid lawsuits by teaching their staff the information they need to practice preventive law.
