This third edition expands coverage on such topics as the law and students with disabilities, confidentiality, sexual harassment, student searches and tuition vouchers. It also includes some new topics such as bullying, copyright law, and the law and the internet. Both public and nonpublic school educators are aware that courts, over the last…

Although the U.S. Supreme Court does not establish law the way legislative bodies do, it pervasively influences educational practices by interpreting constitutional and statutory provisions as exemplified in the top 10 cases listed, from "Brown v Board of Education" (1954) to "New Jersey v TLO" (1985). Runners-up are also…