The issue of religious freedom and school curriculum confronted by the federal courts in the case of "Mozert v. Hawkins County Board of Education" has led four federal judges to analyze the facts and issues in four different ways. Summarizes and analyzes the opinions and the implications for educational administration. (MLF)

Addresses the question of whether student prayer groups should be allowed to use school facilities. The Equal Access Act allows all noncurricular student groups to meet, whereas four federal appellate court decisions ban prayer groups on the basis that separation between church and state outweighs students' right to free speech. (WTH)

A recent United State Supreme Court ruling upheld a California law requiring employers to grant female employees up to four months of unpaid maternity leave and make reasonable efforts to reinstate them when they return to work. The decision and its implications are discussed. (MSE)

U.S. Supreme Court decisions handed down in June and July 1985 rejected the use of silent periods for religious purposes in the public schools, and restricted the use of public funds to support supplemental educational programs in parochial school settings. (PGD)

The Supreme Court decision upholding the authority of the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-exempt status of a university with discriminatory policies is reviewed and interpreted as protecting the redress of past racial inequities in education against interference even from constitutionally guaranteed free religious exercise. (MJL)

Traces the public interest concept in libel to the time of "Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.," which supposedly rejected the concept, and beyond, demonstrating that the problem many free press advocates associate with the decision is really a consequence of the public interest test those same advocates cherish. (FL)

The purpose of this article is to 1) examine the interpretive method applied to the United States Constitution referred of as"Original Intent" and the degree, if any, to which it is superior in objectivity than other methods, 2) discuss whether the application of the interpretive method would have an effect preferred by conservative or…

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…

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…

In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court directed schools in 30 poor urban districts to adopt a comprehensive school reform program by the 2000-2001 academic year. Part of this program involved delegating resource-allocation decisions to the school level, thereby increasing schools' effectiveness and productivity by bringing the perspectives of…

According to a recent federal court decision concerning an administrator's criticism of his board, an administrator's First Amendment rights may be less than those of a teacher. (Author)

Article reviews some of the major developments in communications law in the United States in the past year (1972). Significant events are covered in the areas of cable television, television programming and domestic satelites. (Author)

A brief history of media in the United States and its relationship to the First Amendment to the Constitution. The newspaper industry, books and magazines are mainly considered in terms of government control versus free expression in a democratic society. (HB)

Cites federal and Supreme Court rulings establishing the right of student journalists to publish their newspapers without censorship, without regulation, and with student fee support. (Author/RB)

Excerpt of testimony before Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, Subcommittee on Labor, 1969, in hearings on Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act. Statistical data presented showing heavy concentration of minority and women government employees in the lower civil service grades. Proposed court actions for enlarging employment…