Education Law

by Michael Imber

Education Law, 5th Edition is organized around the belief that students need to read court cases to understand the subtlety and richness of the law, but for legal neophytes, cases without discussion and interpretation are often too difficult to comprehend. This textbook provides a comprehensive survey of the legal problems and issues that confront school administrators and policymakers today. Thus, the text balances an explanation of the important principles of education law, with actual court decisions to illuminate these concepts. The court decisions are carefully edited to highlight issues most relevant to administrators, and each chapter explores implications for policy and practice. This new edition features additional content on bullying, student privacy, free speech rights, teacher evaluation, collective bargaining, and issues relating to Internet and technology as well as revised materials dealing with education policy and updating of references and case law throughout.
A companion website with materials for students and instructors, including links to full cases, a glossary of key concepts, and discussion questions to help students further engage with the content.

Genres: Education, Nonfiction

570 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1992

Reviews

[Lauren Bergemann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masters textbook

It was a good reference fo many of the laws used in schools. Heavy with a lot of cases and good examples.

[Stephanie Boedecker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ask me what I retained from this course required reading and the answer will be...very little.
Basically the law is meant to be bent, flexed and interpreted as desired. Education is already a difficult field to be in, throw in wonky laws and I'm surprised anyone lasts. It really is a career of passion...we need to change this in our country.

[Meg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Educational law would not be my thing....the few chapters I had to read of this book were painful for me. But I really appreciate the hard work the author did and that there are people who pursue this, as it is an important profession.

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good information.

[Patti Irwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

My rating has nothing to do with the prose style. It was a hard slog to read it, but fascinating. got an A in the class but had to work at it.