Public School Law by Stephen B Thomas

Public School Law by Stephen B Thomas

This text addresses legal principles applicable to practitioners in a succinct but comprehensive manner. It uniquely blends a detailed treatment of landmark cases with a thorough discussion of the legal context, trends, and generalizations to guide all school personnel in their daily activities. Information in this text will help alleviate concerns voiced by educators who either don't know the legal concepts that govern schools or feel that the scales of justice have been tipped against them.

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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Martha McCarthy isPresidential Professor at Loyola Marymount University and Chancellor's Professor Emeritus at Indiana University where she teaches educational law and policy courses. She has written numerous books and articles, and has made frequent presentations on various school law topics at educational leadership programs with faculty members. She has served as President of the Education Law Association and the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA), and Vice President for Division A of the American Educational Research Association. Among her accolades, she received the Roald Campbell Lifetime Achievement Award from UCEA.

Nelda Cambron-McCabe is Professor of Educational Leadership and Chair, Department of Educational Psychology at Miami University. Her teaching and research interests include public school law, leadership, and organizational learning. She has published extensively in these areas, including books and articles, as well as frequent presentations at conferences and to educators in the field. She has served as President of the Education Law Association and the American Education Finance Association, and has received a number of awards and honors for research and service contributions to education.

Suzanne Eckes is an associate professor at Indiana University where she teaches and researches about education law. A prolific author, she has written over 70 articles on school legal issues, is a co-author on Principals Teaching the Law (Corwin, 2010), and a co-editor on the Principal's Legal Handbook (Education Law Association, in press) and School Discipline and Safety (Sage, in press). She has been invited to speak at several national and international venues about the legal rights of teachers and students, and has received several awards for her teaching and research accomplishments.

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ISBN 13	9780205579372
ISBN 10	020557937X
Title	Public School Law
Author	Stephen B Thomas
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2008-06-12
Number of pages	544
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