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Rebell, Michael A. – University of Chicago Press, 2018
The 2016 presidential election campaign and its aftermath have underscored worrisome trends in the present state of our democracy: the extreme polarization of the electorate, the dismissal of people with opposing views, and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided and factually erroneous information. Only a small proportion of those…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Best Practices, Civics
Rebell, Michael A. – University of Chicago Press, 2009
Over the past thirty-five years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state courts have taken up the mantle of promoting the vision of educational equity originally articulated in "Brown v. Board of Education". "Courts and Kids" is the first detailed analysis…
Descriptors: Equal Education, School Desegregation, State Courts, Federal Courts
Russo, Charles, Ed. – Education Law Association, 2008
The Yearbook of Education Law contains analyses of the previous year's federal and state court decisions that affect private and public elementary and secondary schools and higher education. The Yearbook provides summaries and analyses of relevant state appellate and federal trial and appellate court cases. Contents include: (1) Employees; (2)…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Private Schools
Berger, Raoul – 1981
Chapter 1 of a book on school law, this article analyzes the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, and contends that there has been a judicial takeover of functions that had been delegated by the Constitution to the states and to the people. Specifically, the author argues that much of the Supreme Court's expansion of its powers rests on the selective…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Court Role, Due Process
Fawcett, Richard G., Ed. – 1983
Intended to assist debaters and coaches who will be debating the 1983-84 national high school debate topic, this booklet combines discussion of general debate theory, and information specific to the topic: "What changes are most needed in the procedures used in the United States justice system?" The eight chapters of the booklet contain…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Competition, Debate, Federal Courts
Bouchard, Robert F., Comp.; Franklin, Justin D., Comp. – 1980
To help individuals, groups, and organizations obtain federal government records on themselves and others, this guidebook interprets the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and the Privacy Act. The acts provide access to government data, personal records, and business information. The guidebook presents the texts of both acts, with…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation
Thompson, David P.; Hartmeister, Fredric J. – 2001
This is the 22nd in a series of yearly updates of judicial decision summaries for case law related to elementary and secondary education issues. One can use previous and future editions to track decisions on appeal or to see trends in case law. With few exceptions, the cases were selected from court decisions found in federal and regional…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation
Thompson, David P.; Hartmeister, Fredric J. – 2000
This is the 21st in a series of yearly updates of judicial decision summaries for case law related to elementary and secondary education issues. One can use previous and future editions to track decisions on appeal or to see trends in case law. The cases included, with a few exceptions, were selected from court decisions found in federal and…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Federal Legislation
Thompson, David P.; Hartmeister, Fredric J. – 2002
This is the 23rd in a series of yearly updates of judicial decision summaries for case law related to elementary- and secondary-education issues. One can use previous and future editions to track decisions on appeal or to spot trends in case law. With few exceptions, the cases were selected from court decisions found in federal and regional…
Descriptors: Administrators, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Rivkin, Steven R. – 1975
The issuance by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of a comprehensive set of standards to govern cable television's future growth and development has prompted the need for an explanation of the many broad and complex issues covered. This volume, based on research supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, describes and…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Copyrights, Court Litigation
Alley, Robert S. – 1994
When Congress adopted the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1789, it left open many questions that would arise concerning church-state relations. It became clear early in the history of the country that the Supreme Court would have a great impact on how the First Amendment would be upheld and interpreted. This book examines how Congress…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Federal Government
Rezny, Arthur A., Ed. – 1966
The fifth in the Legal Problems of Education Series, this book deals with school board operation in relation to the legal problems surrounding de facto segregation and collective bargaining. The legal problems reviewed and discussed are organized into six chapters dealing with records, procedures, remedies against school board members,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Court Litigation, Courts
Ware, Martha L., Ed. – 1969
This fourth volume of the Legal Problems of Education Series discusses counselor liability, search and seizure of student property, and student records. It is organized into ten chapters concentrating on confidentiality, slander and libel, inspection and release of student records, use of records in court, search of students, search of property,…
Descriptors: Counselors, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Summerfield, Harry L.; And Others – 1974
Mr. Summerfield first provides a descriptive analysis of the structure and dynamics of the federal policy process for educational decisionmaking in the lobbies, the Congress, and the administration. Substantive material in the next three chapters is followed by a more general conceptualization and a theoretical perspective of the operations of the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
Borkowski, John W.; Brown, Lisa A.; Dodge, Jean Arnold; Ford, Tonya L.; Hoffman, Adam; Jacobs, Jennifer W.; Jaffe, Geraldine; Krent, Nancy Fredman; Schwartz, Richard A.; Shaw, Brian C.; Sneed, Maree – 2001
This monograph was designed to assist school attorneys, school board members, and administrators in their efforts to prevent, respond to, and defend against claims of sexual harassment by employees. It includes discussion of the law relating to harassment of employees by other employees and employee harassment of students. Practical advice is…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Legal Aid