ERIC Number: EJ778213
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 28
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Legal Literacy for Teachers: A Neglected Responsibility
Schimmel, David; Militello, Matthew
Harvard Educational Review, v77 n3 p257-284 Fall 2007
In this article, David Schimmel and Matthew Militello document the legal knowledge and training of teachers based on a survey of more than thirteen hundred K-12 respondents in seventeen states. The findings from this study suggest that most educators (1) are uninformed or misinformed about student and teacher rights; (2) have taken no course in school law; (3) get much of their school law information from other teachers; (4) would change their behavior if they knew more about school law; and (5) want to learn more about these issues. This article outlines the consequences of neglecting educators' lack of legal knowledge. The authors conclude with a series of recommendations on how to promote legal literacy among teachers in both teacher certification and professional development programs. (Contains 11 endnotes.)
Descriptors: Teacher Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, School Law, Teacher Certification, Legal Responsibility, Teacher Responsibility, Student Rights, Knowledge Level, Teacher Behavior, Faculty Development, Teacher Education
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Language: English
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