This book is a compilation of case excerpts and materials that provides an introductory knowledge of school law. The cases are grouped into the following areas: (a) The Teacher and Our Constitution; (b) Teacher Certification and Contracting; (c) The Teacher and Curriculum; (d) Teacher Rights and Responsibilities; (e) The Teacher and Students; and (f) Teacher Education, Transfer, and Dismissal. To recognize the important concepts of each case, the readers are requested to ask the following questions while reading the materials: (a) Where did this case take place? (b) Who Were the principal persons and organizations involved? (c) When did these events occur, and when did the dispute result in a trial? (d) What was the court's decision? and (e) Why was this case important? Review questions conclude each area. (PD)