(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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)…
(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]
(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…