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Jacobs, Rita – Social Studies Review, 1988
Offers an eight-day unit on search and seizure for high school students. Includes condensed versions of famous court decisions, teaching materials, and day-by-day teaching procedures. (JDH)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Democracy, High Schools

Repa, Barbara Kate; Daly, Joseph L. – Social Education, 1985
In New Jersey v. T.L.O., a case argued in 1984, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether incriminating evidence found by a school assistant princial during the search of a student's purse can be used in a criminal trial. Issues, facts, background, and arguments of the case are provided. (RM)
Descriptors: Civics, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Instructional Materials
Stelly, Philip – American School Board Journal, 1984
Discusses legal problems of a policy permitting the use of metal detectors to search students suspected of carrying concealed weapons. A wholesale search policy was challenged as a violation of students' rights, so the board adopted a selective search policy based on reasonable suspicion. (TE)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems
Elliott, Delbert S.; Grady, Jane M.; Heys, Landa; Ntepp, Rhonda; Williams, Susan – Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, 2002
Nationwide, schools, communities, parents and students recognize the continuing need to make schools a safe place, an environment where children can learn without fear for their safety. In the past few years, the available research on violence prevention has increased, providing legislators with important information about effective violence…
Descriptors: School Safety, Planning, Violence, Prevention

Ziegler, Robert G. – Family Relations, 1982
Describes seizure disorders as affecting the individual's and the family's sense of control and the individual's consolidation of a sense of mastery in the environment. Suggests seizures may distort family negotiations by affecting parent's and child's transactions over issues related to the child's autonomy and competence. Discusses therapeutic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Epilepsy, Family Problems
College Press Review, 1978
Presents the majority and the dissenting opinions of the Supreme Court justices in their 1978 decision regarding the 1971 police search of the Stanford University student newspaper office. (GT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Freedom of Speech, Higher Education

Stader, David L. – Clearing House, 2002
Notes that students' legitimate expectations of privacy and school officials' need to maintain school discipline and safety often collide. Outlines guidelines for searching in the following instances: student lockers; drug dogs; student trips; strip searches; and urinalysis. Suggests that training for all administrators, faculty, and staff in the…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Discipline Policy, Drug Use Testing, Management Development

Sultanik, Jeffrey T. – Journal of Law and Education, 1990
In response to an earlier article by Eugene Lincoln, presents two hypothetical cases that respectively deal with the possible effects of drug use on school premises and with a policy governing mandatory urine testing for student athletes. Cites factors that should be incorporated in any mandatory drug testing policy. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Athletics, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing

Evans, John M. – Journal of Law and Education, 1990
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) drug-testing program affects thousands of collegiate athletes. This article examines the web of testing procedures and raises questions about the legitimate interest of the program; focuses on federal and state constitutional limitations; and suggests some ways to correct operating procedures.…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Drug Use Testing

Black, Kathryn C.; Hynd, George W. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1995
Children with epilepsy frequently display cognitive sequelae that are overlooked or misunderstood by educational personnel, yet may adversely impact academic performance. Reviews common cognitive-behavioral characteristics of children with epilepsy, typical effects of anticonvulsant medications, and various periictal phenomena and their relative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes

Teagarden, C. Claude – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
Examines the National Collegiate Athletic Association's drug testing program of student-athletes and relevant legal decisions. Concludes that each individual urinalysis search, not based on suspicion, is a violation of the student-athlete's privacy and is an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. (100 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation

Agnew, Christina M.; Nystul, Michael S.; Conner, Mary Catherine – Professional School Counseling, 1998
Provides an overview of seizure disorders. They are more common than previously thought, and most have their onset in adolescence. Types of seizure disorders common in children, their symptoms, and treatment are described. A case example illustrates behavior in school and a paradoxical medication effect. (EMK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Case Studies, Children

Johnson, Robert S. – Journal of Law and Education, 2000
Disagrees with Ferraraccio's views and argues that: (1) students do bring illegal weapons to school; (2) metal detectors do detect weapons and help schools to disarm students; (3) disarming students reduces the threat of violence; and (4) courts have repeatedly approved the constitutionality of weapon-related suspicionless student searches…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Prevention

Stefkovich, Jacqueline A.; Guba, Gloria J. – International Journal of Educational Reform, 1998
Discusses administrator responsibility and student rights under the Fourth Amendment. Reviews search and seizure case law in school settings, highlighting "New Jersey v. TLO,""Vernonia v. Acton," and other landmark decisions. Some experts advocate a moral or cultural ethos fostering a sense of family and community, character…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
In a case involving a swim-team student's mandatory pregnancy test and a varsity coach's mishandling of confidentiality, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals awarded the coach qualified immunity, while rejecting the student's Fourth and First Amendment claims. Discretion and legal counsel would have helped. (MLH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Confidentiality, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation