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Powell, Justin J.W. – Paradigm Publishers, 2006
This book offers a comparative and historical account of the rise of special education over the twentieth century in the United States and Germany. This institutional analysis demonstrates how categorical boundaries, professional groups, social movements, education and social policies shaped the schooling of children and youth with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ideology, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Kraybill, Donald B., Ed. – 1993
The opportunity for religious freedom brought the Amish from Europe to North America as early as 1737. And for many generations, conflicts between the Amish and the U.S. government were limited to Amish objections to military service. However, as the government's regulatory power grew in the 20th century, clashes between the Amish and the state…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Culture Conflict
Lufler, Henry S., Jr. – 1983
This chapter reviews 1982 cases involving pupils. Such cases increased one-third in 1982, with much of the increase attributable to litigation concerning the rights of handicapped students. A 1982 U.S. Supreme Court case defining the congressional mandate of an "appropriate education" for such students may help reduce the controversy in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Bilingual Education Programs, Compulsory Education, Court Litigation
Istance, David; And Others – 1985
Placed in the context of the issues that inform the contemporary debate as well as the measured trends in student numbers, educational expenditures, and institutional structures, this report examines the major features of education's changing socioeconomic environment. These include structural changes in employment and the labor market and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Compulsory Education, Developed Nations
Imber, Michael; van Geel, Tyll – 2000
This second edition of this reference guide provides a survey of some of the major legal problems that confront policymakers and school administrators. It contains landmark cases and other cases that best illustrate major principles of education law, along with summaries, discussions, and analyses of the cases. Edited cases are integrated into…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Affirmative Action, Collective Bargaining, Compulsory Education
Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – 1981
The basic areas of school law in the United States, from the governmental framework in which education functions to concerns about teachers, pupils, and school property, are covered in this book. Separate chapters describe the roles of governmental agencies at federal, state, and local levels and discuss regulation of what is taught as well as…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Liberties, Compliance (Legal), Compulsory Education