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Gorsuch, the Judicious Judge: A Common-Sense Approach to Education Issues
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Bolick, Clint – Education Next, 2017
This article discusses concerns about how Neil M. Gorsuch, a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, might influence decisions regarding cases involving the appropriate scope of services guaranteed by federal special-education law, government aid to religious institutions providing educational services, and how intellectual property law applies to sports…
Descriptors: Federal Courts, Judges, Personnel Selection, Decision Making
Letter of the Law.
Dowling-Sendor, Benjamin – American School Board Journal, 2003
A recent decision by the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a case from Arkansas centered on a vicious letter written by an 8th-grade boy about his former girlfriend and turned over to school officials. The court ruled for the school district in expelling the student for the year, without allowing him to attend an alternative school. Argues that…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Court Litigation, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Student Litigation: A Compilation and Analysis of Civil Cases Involving Students, 1977-1981.
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Marvell, Thomas; And Others – 1981
This book is a study of civil cases, filed in court after 1976, involving students in elementary and high schools. The number of cases comes to 1,632, of which 769 are concerned with special education, 290 with disciplinary matters, and 248 with sports. The remaining cases deal with racial and sex discrimination, freedom of religion, establishment…
Descriptors: Athletics, Court Litigation, Disabilities, Discipline
Student Discipline: Selected Substantive Issues.
Reutter, E. Edmund, Jr. – 1978
Court cases involving student discipline, especially in regard to student publications and dress and appearance, is the subject of this chapter. The introduction discusses the doctrine of in locus parentis, the celebrated Supreme Court case of Tinker, and the minimum essentials for enforcing rules of student conduct. The first half of the chapter…
Descriptors: Administrators, Court Litigation, Discipline, Dress Codes
"Kuhlmeier,""Fraser," and the Legitimate Control of Students.
O'Reilly, Robert C. – 1990
Student rights to freedom of speech and the legitimate degrees of control available to principals are discussed in this paper. An overview of pertinent federal litigation focuses on two landmark cases involving oral and written speech, respectively: Bethel School District #403 v. Fraser; and Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier. A conclusion is…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Behavior Problems, Censorship
Pupils.
Lufler, Henry S., Jr.; Bielsky, Donald J. – 1981
Litigation having to do with pupils occurred with greater frequency in 1980 than in the past. The greatest increase dealt with the handicapped and with substantive rights of students. Cases involving handicapped students generally focused on parent requests for residential treatment, extended-year programs, and in-class assistance for their…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Athletics, Civil Liberties, Court Litigation