American Public School Law / Edition 8

by Kern Alexander, M. David Alexander

Overview

Alexander and Alexander’s American Public School Law has for 50 years set the standard for books in the field of education law. This new 2019, Ninth Edition, provides for a combined textbook/casebook approach for teaching the law of public school systems in the United States. Included in this volume are hundreds of recent judicial precedents rendered by state and federal appellate courts derived from actual cases and controversies involving the schools. The book is designed to facilitate a “case” or “discussion” teaching methodology that enables the teacher to depart from merely lecturing or “telling” about the law and to engage the students in a dialogue and discussion mode. Written in an engaging style, American Public School Law, Ninth Edition, clearly explains all complex points of law for non-lawyers, with a focus on the unique needs of professional school leaders. The book is accompanied with an Instructor’s Manual and a Test Bank, along with PowerPoint slides for each chapter.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780495910497
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	01/01/2011
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	1184
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.10(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Kern Alexander is a widely published author in the fields of education law and finance. He served as Professor of Educational Administration at the University of Florida for nearly two decades and later as University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. He has been President of Western Kentucky University and Murray State University (Kentucky) and is currently Professor of Excellence in the Department of Educational Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He continues to take an active role throughout the United States in litigation involving equity in school finance.


M. David Alexander is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech. Dr. Alexander has authored or co-authored several books and many chapters and articles in the area of education law. He has taught public school law and college and university law for nearly 30 years and is widely consulted on issues pertaining to education law and arbitration.

Table of Contents

1. The Legal System. 2. Historical and Legal Perspective of Public Schools. 3. Role of the Federal Government. 4. Governance of Public Schools. 5. Church and State. 6. School Attendance. 7. The Instructional Program. 8. Student Rights: Speech, Expression, and Privacy. 9. Student Rights: Common Law, Constitutional Due Process, and Statutory Protections. 10. Rights of Students with Disabilities. 11. Tort Liability. 12. Defamation and Student Records. 13. School District Liability. 14. Certification, Contracts, and Tenure. 15. Teacher Rights and Freedoms. 16. Due Process Rights of Teachers. 17. Discrimination in Employment. 18. Collective Bargaining. 19. Desegregation of Public Schools. 20. School Finance. 21. School Property and Buildings. Appendixes.