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"Helps navigate the complicated process of creating and maintaining an Individualized Education Program (IEP) by providing explanations of the law and guidance and tools for parents. The 7th edition covers recent court cases, plus has an expanded section about "appropriate" education measures and eligibility details"--Provided by publisher.

A confusing and contentious debate often surrounds law-based school reforms (lawsuits, regulations, statutes, and collective bargaining provisions). DeMitchell and Fossey argue that law-based reforms have not changed the fundamental character of the nation's schools. Although hundreds of law-based initiatives have been introduced, most have had little effect on learning. Law-based reform is an important and necessary strategy, but by itself it is not enough to change the way children are schoole...

This fourth edition of the indispensable guide to the laws that bear on the conduct of higher education provides a revised and up-to-date reference, research source, and guide for administrators, attorneys, and researchers. The book is also widely used as a text for graduate courses on higher education law in programs preparing higher education administrators for leadership roles. This new edition includes new and expanded sections on laws related to: religious issues alternative dispute reso...

Nearly all school administrators have had a course in school law. However, most school law courses end without helping the principal translate school law and policy into education procedures and practice. This book helps close that gap, and places principals in a better position to maintain a safe school and to be on the offensive in litigation avoidance and conflict resolution. Most legal actions brought against school principals are not based on the areas of education leadership or knowledge...

In her compendious study, [of the folktale of the runaway wife] Leavy argues that the contradictory claims of nature and culture are embodied in the legendary figure of the swan maiden, a woman torn between the human and bestial worlds. --The New York Times Book Review This is a study of the meaning of gender as framed by the swan maiden tale, a story found in the folklore of virtually every culture. The swan maiden is a supernatural woman forced to marry, keep house, and bear children for a...

This work contains primary research texts regarding two centuries of the development of corporate finance in the US and Great Britain. It is designed to help scholars, financial managers, and public policymakers to investigate the historical background of issues in contemporary corporate finance.

Executive Summary Colleges and universities are subject to increasing litigation, legislation, and regulation on a myriad of issues. The law affects virtually every aspect of academic life. Thus, academic leaders must possess an adequate familiarity with the law to know when and where to go when legal issues or complaints arise. They must also understand the different sources of law to which they are subject (e.g., federal, state, local). For example, public and private institutions have many si...

In a concise, convenient paperback format, this book provides contemporary and practical coverage of relevant legal issues that affect educational leaders in the 21st century. This book is written to provide practical knowledge to practicing and prospective educational leaders, students of educational leadership, and policy makers at all educational levels. Legal issues are covered thoroughly yet succinctly, and are discussed in a way that is informative, entertaining, and useful so that the aud...

A concise legal desk reference to help educators support the rights of individuals with disabilities!This resource provides an expert review of the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) and their impact on educational opportunities and access for persons with disabilities. Ideal for administrators, counselors, teachers, and special educators, the book covers: Provisions of Section 504 and the ADA regarding students who participate in...

This book has 18 case study chapters investigating various injury scenarios through the use of a Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) analysis. Each injury scenario derives from one or more similar lawsuits (but names, places and some of the details are fictionalized). The scenarios describe a 'slice of life' of people interacting with products, equipment, tasks, and environments before they are seriously hurt. The forensic analysis that follows each scenario gives a background of prior similar ev...

Over the last few years, Orthodox Jewish private schools, also known as yeshivas, have been under fire by a group of activists known as Young Advocates for Fair Education, run by several yeshiva graduates, who have criticized them for providing an inadequate secular education. At the heart of the yeshiva controversy lies two important interests in education: the right of the parent to choose an appropriate education, which may include values-laden religious education, and the right of each...

In 1981, when Raymond Abbott was a twelve-year-old sixth-grader in Camden, New Jersey, poor city school districts like his spent 25 percent less per student than the state's wealthy suburbs did. That year, Abbott became the lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit demanding that the state provide equal funding for all schools. Over the next twenty-five years, as the non-profit law firm representing the plaintiffs won ruling after ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court, Abbott dropped out of sc...

GUILTY ADMISSIONS weaves together the story of an unscrupulous college counselor named Rick Singer, and how he preyed on the desperation of some of the country's wealthiest families living in a world defined by fierce competition, who function under constant pressure to get into the "right" schools, starting with pre-school; non-stop fundraising and donation demands in the form of multi-million-dollar galas and private parties; and a community of deeply insecure parents who will do anything to g...

While this subject is one that no educator wants to confront, it is also one about which schools must be knowledgeable. Biggs thoroughly explores the legal, psychological, administrative, and educational (broad policy) issues regarding teachers who sexually abuse students. He also provides administrators with background information and guidelines that will help protect school children from sexual intrusion, furnishes the psychological and legal definitions of objectionable sexual behaviors, rec...

Supplement for all Education courses. This timely addition to Merrill's Student Enrichment Series offers a thorough, though not exhaustive, examination of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) and its effect on American public education. Coverage provides a description of the legal structure of the 1000+ pages of the NCLB, along with a succinct summary of the law's purpose and major principles. The authors explain the Act's relationship to its predecessor, the Elementary and Secondary Sc...

Special Education Law, 3/E, provides a comprehensive and current overview of the major federal laws-and judicial interpretations of those laws-that apply to the education of children with disabilities. The text helps students understand what the law requires so that when they become educators, they can develop policies and make decisions that comply with these laws.