Recently added articles from Journal of Law and Education:
Students Schooling Students: Gaining Professional Benefits While Helping Urban High School Students Achieve Success
Jul 01, 2009; ... I. INTRODUCTION Poor children placed in an average American public school will often leave poorly educated.1 "[T]o those who need the best our education system has to offer, we give the least. The least well -trained teachers. The lowest-level curriculum. The oldest books. The least ...
Inaccessible School Webpages: Are Remedies Available?*
Jul 01, 2009; ... I. INTRODUCTION The educational system in the United States has been revolutionized by the inventions of the computer and the Internet. Frequently, syllabi are no longer printed. They and other course materials are available on school or faculty webpages. These changes do not affect only ...
Counterpoint and Rebuttal Introduction-School Surveys of Students: A Triangle that Comes Full Circle
Jul 01, 2009; ... In the April 2008 issue of the Journal, attorney Tara Dahl criticized the Ninth Circuit court's decision in Fields v. Palmdale School District as "incorrectly decided."2 In Fields, the Ninth Circuit held, as amended upon denying a rehearing en banc, that "the Meyer-Pierce due process right of ...
School Surveys and Children's Education: The Argument for Shared Authority Between Parents and the State
Jul 01, 2009; ... Few areas of the law involve a more poignant clash of interests than disputes between parents and the state concerning children's education.1 On the one hand are the parents, who love their children, know them well, and pursue what they think is best for them. On the other hand are the larger ...
Establishing a Constitutional Standard that Protects Public School Teacher Classroom Expression
Jul 01, 2009; ... I. INTRODUCTION Deborah Mayer was hired as a substitute teacher at Clear Creek Elementary School (Clear Creek) in Bloomington, Indiana by Monroe County Community School Corporation (MCCSC) in August 2002.1 Two weeks into the school year, the "Launched" classroom teacher quit his position ...