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American Education, 10/e
Joel Spring
The Courts and the Schools

Learning Objectives

Following the completion of this chapter:

The learner will be able to identify and discuss the provisions of the U.S. Constitution that impact the rights and responsibilities of teachers, schools and students.

The learner will be able to describe the power of states to regulate education.

The learner will be able to identify and discuss issues related to religion and education and to compare and contrast educational practices that are constitutional with those that are unconstitutional.

The learner will be able to define the constitutional rights of teachers and the limitations that states may place upon these rights

The learner will be able to define the constitutional rights of students and the limitations that states may place upon these rights

The learner will be able to describe the constitutional issues involved in corporal punishment cases.

The learner will be able to identify and discuss the language rights of students.

The learner will be able to describe the inequities in school finance and to discuss the reasons why legal remedies are a matter of state law.








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