Hughes, Marija Matich (1971). The Sexual Barrier; Legal and Economic Aspects of Employment. Supplement 1. This annotated bibliography covers the laws and conditions governing the employment of women. Included are books, articles, pamphlets, and government publications published during 1970 and 1971. Topics covered include: (1) discrimination in hiring and promotion, (2) educational barriers, (3) legislative and judicial remedies, (4) general employment, and (5) foreign development. This supplement is part of a series available as VT 016 160-016 162 in this issue. (BH)… [PDF]

Hughes, Marija Matich (1972). The Sexual Barrier; Legal and Economic Aspects of Employment. Supplement 2. This annotated bibliography covers the laws and conditions governing the employment of women. Included are books, pamphlets, articles, and government publications published during 1970 and 1971. Topics covered include: (1) bibliographies, (2) sexual myths, (3) educational barriers, (4) discrimination in hiring and promotion, (5) the economics of discrimination, (6) legal and educational remedies, (7) general employment, and (8) foreign developments. Earlier editions of this bibliography are available as VT 016 160-016 161 in this issue. (BH)… [PDF]

Tedford, Thomas L., Editor (1971). Free Speech Yearbook: 1971. This publication of ten scholarly articles provides perspectives on problems and forces that inhibit freedom of speech. 1) \Freedom of Speech and Change in American Education\ suggests that a more communicative society, and increasing academic freedoms, helps schools adapt to social change; 2) \Syllabus and Bibliography for 'Issues in Freedom of Speech'\ provides a framework for examination of theories, cases, and issues related to freedom of speech; 3) \Survey Research in Free Speech Attitudes\ summarizes free speech attitudes held by Americans; 4) \Federal Censorship of National Open Forum Radio\ reports a conflict of attitudes between important legislative and administrative figures concerning broadcasting; 5) \The Crisis in Public Confidence in Public Communication\; 6) \The resistance and the Court: The Punitive Draft Cases\; 7) \The Flag as a non-Verbal Symbol: gives five explanations for the behavior of flag \supporters\; 8) \Symbolic Speech: A Constitutional Orphan\ states… [PDF]

(1975). Freedom of Expression at Yale. AAUP Bulletin, 61, 4, 28-42, Dec 75. A report of the Committee on Freedom of Expression at Yale appointed by the president to examine the condition of free expression, peaceful dissent, mutual respect and tolerance at Yale and to draft recommendations for maintenance of those principles. (JT)…

Cole, Robert (1976). Title IX: A Long Dazed Journey Into Rights. Phi Delta Kappan, 57, 9, 575-577,586, May 76. Recounts attempts to clarify what is required by Title IX and to implement it (or not to implement it), and discusses the problems of enforcement. (IRT)…

McGough, Kris (1978). Uncharted Territory. Social Education, 42, 3, 240,2, Mar 78. Presents a parent's perspective that educational research projects in the public schools are potentially dangerous to children because of the risks of invasion of privacy, overtesting, labeling, and disruption of routine. (AV)…

Hippolitus, Paul; Nesbitt, John A. (1977). Rehabilitating the Employer. Parks and Recreation, 12, 11, 37,56-7, Nov 77. Handicapped people do not want to be hired because they are handicapped, nor denied a job because of their handicapping condition. They want an equal chance to demonstrate their abilities and to live up to their potential. (JD)…

Lockwood, Alan L. (1977). Values Education and the Right to Privacy. Journal of Moral Education, 7, 1, 9-26, Oct 77. Values education is occasionally attacked as violative of the privacy rights of students and others. Stipulating a definition of the right to privacy, the author develops some general reasons for protecting the right to privacy. General criteria for judging the extent to which values education curricula violate privacy are established and applied to two approaches to values education. (Editor)…

Wendt, George R. (1976). Should Courts Write Your Job Descriptions?. Personnel Journal, 55, 9, 442-445,450, Sep 76. Some relationships of the Equal Pay Act and the court practice of writing job descriptions and making evaluations are examined with the aim of suggesting ways to eliminate court involvement in the average personnel or industrial engineering department. (TA)…

Nolte, M. Chester (1978). School Boards vs. the Student Press (the Kids Are Winning). American School Board Journal, 165, 2, 23-5,51, Feb 78. Examines two cases of litigation involving school newspapers. In one case the board of education action against publication was supported, in the other it was not. (IRT)…

Hoagland, K. Elaine (1977). Women in Science Seek Equal Opportunities. BioScience, 27, 12, 830-1, Dec 77. Women scientists met to make policy recommendations on issues related to the participation of women in scientific research. The group suggested programs that would reduce sex-role stereo-typing at the lower educational levels as a way to prevent the wastage of talent that they feel now occurs in the sciences. (Author/MA)…

Schtaken, Steven N. (1977). Student Records at Institutions of Postsecondary Education: Selected Issues Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974. Journal of College and University Law, 4, 3, 147-76, Spr 77. Areas of privacy protection provided by FERPA are discussed and related to: coverage of institutions; former students; admissions records and letters of recommendation; exclusion of private records, law enforcement records, and employment records from education records; student access to records; challenges to information in records; disclosure; and compliance. (LBH)…

Myricks, Noel (1977). The Equal Rights Amendment: Its Potential Impact on Family Life. Family Coordinator, 26, 4, 321-4, Oct 77. The potential impact of the proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) can be measured in areas such as alimony, child support, child custody, property ownership, divorce and rights of consortium. Statutes which use sex as the sole criterion would be unconstitutional. (Author)…

Dinsmore, Peter; And Others (1976). The Educational Quality Assessment. Social Studies Journal, 5, 2, 6-10, Spr 76. Pennsylvania's Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) program is discussed in terms of its historical background, ACLU objections to its alleged infringements of individual rights, and reactions of students who have taken it. Journal is available from Ritter Hall, Fourth Floor, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa. 19122. (AV)…

Savage, David G. (1987). Watching a Changing Court: Will the Center Hold?. Phi Delta Kappan, v69 n2 p135-37 Oct. Evaluates the Supreme Court's decisions relating to education during the past few years and the effect that the retirement of Justice Lewis Powell will have on the balance of the Supreme Court. Discusses nominee Robert Bork and his possible effect if he becomes a member of the Supreme Court. (MD)…

Carey, Moses; Crumpler, Diane C. (1987). Employment Considerations of AIDS in Dental Institutions. Journal of Dental Education, v51 n8 p465-70 Aug. Policies governing the employment of health care workers with AIDS, and the AIDS employment issue facing dental practitioners, administrators, and educators are discussed. Legal considerations of AIDS in the workplace are addressed as to HIV testing, employee rights to gain and/or retain employment, economic considerations, and confidentiality issues. (Author/MLW)…

Winkler, Karen J. (1988). Scholars Debate Constitution's Effect on Blacks, Women. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n18 pA4-6 Jan 13. The U. S. Constitution's treatment of women and blacks is generating heated controversy among historians, with some scholars charging that its framers ignored those groups and that subsequent reformers have gained too little for them, too late. (MSE)…

Pratt, John H. (1988). Text of Judge's Order Dismission Landmark College Desegregation Case. Chronicle of Higher Education, v34 n17 pA23-28 Jan 6. The text of Judge John H. Pratt order dismissing the "Adams" college desegregation case is presented. (MLW)…

Jaynes, Gerald D.; Williams, Robin M., Jr. (1987). Challenges and Opportunities. Society, v24 n2 p3-7 Jan-Feb. The history of the Committee on the Status of Black Americans of the National Research Council is described. Its assignments are: (1) to collect data describing the changing position of blacks in America since 1940; (2) to describe the cultural context of those changes; and (3) to explore consequences of initiatives to ameliorate the position of blacks. (PS)…

McCarthy, Martha M. (1985). Competency Tests in Public Employment: A Legal View. Journal of Educational Equity and Leadership, v5 n3 p250-62 Fall. Presents an overview of litigation pertaining to the use of tests in public employment. Provides guidelines for the development of teacher testing programs within legal parameters. (KH)…

Trost, Jan (1985). Swedish Solutions. Society, v23 n1 p44-48 Nov-Dec. Describes efforts to address the problem of teenage pregnancy in Sweden, which has a much lower adolescent fertility rate than the United States. Discusses compulsory sex education; school gynecological clinics and youth centers; the easy availability of the pill and condoms; and cultural and attitudinal differences regarding abortion and premarital sexuality. (KH)…

Diorio, Joseph A. (1986). Rights, Equality, and the Ethics of School Policy. Curriculum Inquiry, v16 n2 p147-78 Sum. Where a plurality of opinions exists, the effect of uniform educational policy denies a minority group's desires for equal rights and serves partisan views. Dworkin's theory of rights supports this perspective. Governmental imposition of uniform schooling practices on unwilling persons is an illegitimate devaluation of some citizens' lives. (36 references) (CJH)…

Ravitch, Diane (1984). The Ambiguous Legacy of "Brown vs. Board of Education.". New Perspectives, v16 n1 p6-13 Sum. Reviews judicial decisions on equal education since the early 1950s. Focuses particularly on the Brown case and roles played by the NAACP and other Black interest groups. Discusses American attitudes toward racial integration. (KH)…

Splitt, David A. (1985). School Law. Executive Educator, v7 n11 p8 Nov. Reviews recent court cases and potential cases involving school regulation of the use of school facilities by outside groups. Points out the implications of school sponsorship of scout troops that determine membership partly on the basis of religious beliefs. (PGD)…

Shoop, Robert J. (1984). How to Avoid Becoming a Defendant in an Unfair Employment Suit. School Business Affairs, v50 n11 p34,36 Nov. Most of the cases of unfair employment practices fall under one of four pieces of federal legislation. Outlines the scope of the laws and offers guidelines that can provide administrators some protection against becoming a defendant in an unfair employment suit. (MLF)…

Davis, Albie; Delacey, Peter (1983). The Ins and Outs of Juvenile Crime. Update on Law-Related Education, v7 n3 p12-17,47 Fall. Presented are classroom activities to help secondary students learn about the history of the juvenile justice system, adolescent rights and responsibilities, pressure on youth, and the role of the police. (RM)…

Knowles, Laurence W. (1975). The Reshuffle of Values in the Law on Student Records. Educational Horizons, 54, 1, 17-20, F 75. A legal analysis of traditional record keeping practices demands that the various values involved be identified. Article considers the educational practices that force values to compete. (Author/RK)…

Floyd, Koy (1975). Facing the Prospect of Redress. NOLPE School Law Journal, 5, 2, 144-152, 75. Discusses the liability of individual school board members for board actions that potentially infringe on students' constitutional rights and reviews relevant Supreme Court decisions. (JG)…

Steel, Lawrence E. (2005). Student Discipline Data Tracker v.1. Corwin Press One of the most difficult tasks facing today's busy school administrative teams is tracking and managing student discipline. Administrators must balance the rights of students with cultivating classroom environments conducive to learning. Breakdowns in communication, procedure, and due process can lead to unpleasant situations, and ultimately, a disruptive school environment. This CD is the most complete tool available to school administrators to track and manage disciplinary issues effectively and accurately. Created with an awareness of major court decisions regarding school discipline, the program includes pop-up tips and hints to alert users to possible procedural issues. The program creates an \electronic paper trail\ of student disciplinary incidents that can be accessed by any member of the administrative team. No longer will it be necessary to divide the students into subgroups assigned to a particular administrator. Each member of the team will be able to instantly call up… [Direct]

LaNear, John A. (2002). Academic Freedom: A Precarious Balance. Academic freedom is an elusive concept. Many university and college faculty members who purport to possess its protections believe they have a solid understanding of its nature and of the individual rights secured by academic freedom. There is some consensus on the meaning of the term in the academic universe. This concurrence of understanding is not evidenced, however, in judicial pronouncements. Pronouncements of the United States Supreme Court regarding this freedom are vague and unstructured, offering little guidance to lower courts and litigants. The author of this paper argues that when the Court suggested academic freedom was entitled to Constitutional protection, it did not originally intend to subjugate the rights of individual faculty members to those of the collective institution. Changes in university and college structures, coupled with broad Court pronouncements, are leading to the diminution of individual faculty members academic freedoms. Unfortunately, an early…