Education Law, Policy, and Practice, Third Edition (Aspen Casebook)

Thoroughly updated, the revised Third Edition presents:

• critical new cases decided by the Supreme Court
  • affirmative action
  • the role of religion in public schools
  • the rights of students to freedom of expression in school and at schools events
  • the rights of students to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures
  • the substantive and procedural protections of special education legislation
• broader treatment of school funding at the state and local level, including state court adequacy and equity litigation
• enhanced coverage of the role of race in American education
  • a thorough treatment of the long line of Supreme Court cases regarding affirmative action leading up to its latest opinion in Fisher
  • a comprehensive treatment of the empirical evidence of the role of race in the "achievement gap" and in school discipline
• new sections on standards and accountability, including teacher evaluation and proposed revisions to tenure
• increased emphasis on the range of school reform and school choice, e.g. charter schools
• coverage of school violence, zero tolerance discipline policies, and "school to prison pipeline"
• new sections on technology in schools--internet use policies, texting, and sexting
• latest developments in the law and policy regarding bullying
• developments in important law and policy governing early childhood education
• refined practical exercises
• sharpened comparative law notes