Text of a speech delivered by a journalist at the School Desegregation Seminar at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1970. (RJ)

Discusses Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures in terms of searches made of students and their lockers. (JF)

Much of the chaos in public school curriculum is a result of issues concerned with authority and governance in curriculum development. Mandates by federal courts, Congressional legislation, state courts, and contracts with professional employees impact on decisions of local education authorities. Needed changes in the structure of curriculum…

An increase in Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) claims prompted a review of the 99 ADEA cases reported by the federal courts in a 15-month period. Administrators are offered 10 recommendations, 9 of which are specifically relevant to ADEA. (Author/MLF)

An examination of the major Supreme Court cases affecting schools from 1970 through the recent 1981 term shows how the Court since 1969 has moved to a more conservative interpretation and application of due process to the public schools. Most of the cases concern either student discipline or teacher termination. (Author/MLF)

Discusses briefly and then presents the text of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in "Board of Education v. Rowley." The Court held that, under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, a school district is not required to provide interpreter services for a deaf student already making satisfactory educational progress. (RW)

Presents an overview of the law governing the award of attorney's fees in civil rights cases and explains the importance of the attorney's fees issue in federal lawsuits brought against educational governing boards and school officials. (Author/MLF)

The Martin Luther King case established a legal mandate requiring school systems to identify, assess, and remedy educational problems associated with the use of nonstandard English dialects, casual or otherwise, by minority group children. (Author/MLF)

Argues that the test of employer motivation in firings used by the Supreme Court in the case of Mount Healthy City School District Board v. Doyle and by the National Labor Relations Board in its Wright Line decision is inappropriate when an employer's alleged anti-union animus is involved. (Author/RW)

Texts of the minority and majority opinions in the case of the National Labor Relations Board v. Yeshiva University are presented, preceded by an analysis of the decision. It is concluded that faculty-administration relations have been damaged, and constructive relations will not easily be restored. (MSE)

The author points out the wealth of material available to Social Studies teachers this year in particular, due to the information generated by the 1980 census. (KC)

Summarizes the major actions taken by the Federal government regarding individual privacy and freedom of information, comments on their nature and impart, and highlights current and pending developments. (Author)

Addresses the area of dispute over students who were forced to repeat a grade or two due to their disability, and now wish to participate in high school athletics after reaching the state athletic associations's age limit. Reviews federal statutes as they apply to high school athletic associations. Examines two recent decisions. (79 footnotes)…

Numerous students who are part of a racial minority attend schools whose mascots blatantly reinforce racism. Summarizes three federal cases that consider the appropriateness of using Confederate symbols to represent high schools; explores what these symbols mean; and examines the disruptive effects offensive mascots have on education. (34…