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At the Schoolhouse Gate: Stakeholder Perceptions of First Amendment Rights and Responsibilities in U.S. Public Schools. Teaching and Learning Social Studies
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Patterson, Nancy C., Ed.; Chandler, Prentice T., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2022
The objective of this edited volume is to shed light upon K-12 perspectives of various school stakeholders in the current unique context of increasing political polarization and heightened teacher and student activism. It is grounded in academic freedom case law and the majority of opinion of the Supreme Court in the Tinker v. Des Moines…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Stakeholders, Attitudes, Student Rights
Responding to Cyber Bullying: An Action Tool for School Leaders
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Myers, Jill Joline; McCaw, Donna S.; Hemphill, Leaunda S. – Corwin, 2011
A parent brings a cyber bullying incident to your attention and expects you to resolve it. What are the students' rights and your responsibilities according to the law? Because the laws regarding disciplinary action are still evolving, this manual fills the gap by providing public school leaders with data-driven solutions for managing cyber…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Discipline, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
The Internet and the First Amendment: School and Sexually Explicit Expression.
Cate, Fred H. – 1998
Rather than focus on "who" makes the determination about students' access to sexually explicit expression, this volume examines the legal issues affecting "whether" to permit that access and "how much" access to allow. In sum, this book is intended to facilitate meaningful discussion about the regulation of minors'…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Policy, Information Sources
Abandoned in the Wasteland: Children, Television, and the First Amendment. First Edition.
Minow, Newton N.; LaMay, Craig L. – 1995
This book argues that it is time for Americans to rebuild their television system and that translating the public interest into a commitment to the nation's children will take time, education, and public debate. The book affirms that American adults need to consider what public interest means with respect to those who are too young to vote, who…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Childrens Television
Law of the Student Press. Second Edition.
Student Press Law Center, Washington, DC. – 1994
Noting dramatic changes in First Amendment protections for high school students and new legal issues facing college newspaper editors, this book describes in detail the legal rights and responsibilities of both the high school and college press. While the book is extensively footnoted, it intentionally avoids "legal-ese" and "brings…
Descriptors: Advertising, Censorship, Copyrights, Freedom of Information
The Internet and the Law: What Educators Need To Know.
Conn, Kathleen – 2002
This book discusses the key legal issues public schools face in using the World Wide Web, e-mail, and other computer technologies. Chapter 1 covers the foundations of school Internet law, including Supreme Court decisions, the legal standard of conduct, standards for technology literacy, and federal vs. state law. Chapter 2 discusses freedom of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Electronic Mail
Libraries, the First Amendment and Cyberspace: What You Need To Know.
Peck, Robert S. – 2000
Intended to be a practical guide to the issues that arise under the First Amendment for libraries that provide public access to the Internet, this book contains the following chapters: (1) "Questions and Answers about the First Amendment: Sex, Lies, and Cyberspace"; (2) "Basic First Amendment Principles and Their Application to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Freedom of Speech
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Beckham, Joseph C. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning the employment, dismissal, and tenuring of the employees of public agencies--in particular, public schools--are reported in this chapter. The chapter first addresses discrimination in employment based on race, sex, age, or physical limitations and notes that the shifting burden of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Contracts
Higher Education.
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Hendrickson, Robert M.; Gregory, Dennis E. – 1984
Decisions made by federal and state courts during 1983 concerning higher education are reported in this chapter. Issues of employment and the treatment of students underlay the bulk of the litigation. Specific topics addressed in these and other cases included federal authority to enforce regulations against age discrimination and to revoke an…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Athletics, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights