Current Issues in Educational Policy and the Law
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- Contents
Educational policy controversies in the United States invariably implicate legal issues. Policy debates about testing and school choice, for example, cannot be disentangled from legal rights and mandates. The same is true for issues such as funding, campus safety, speech and religion rights, as well as the teaching of immigrant students. Written for a general audience, this new twelve-chapter book explores these compelling educational policy issues through that legal lens, building an understanding of both law and policy.
Introduction; Wendy C. Chi & Kevin G. Welner.
- Part I. No Child Left Behind
- Chapter 1. Tipping the Balance: Examining the Federal-State Relationship Through No Child Left Behind and the Future of Public Education Governance; Vincent J.A. Badolato, Megan Bucholz, and Carol Drake.
- Chapter 2. Reconsidering a Fundamental Right to Education in Light of No Child Left Behind; August Ruckdeschel, Jennifer Sharp Silverstein, and Sara Rabin.
- Part II. School Finance and Adequacy
- Chapter 3. Funding Public Schools: Striving for Substantive Adequacy; Susan Krebs, Sheri Tappert, and Adam Van Iwaarden.
- Chapter 4. Breaking the Nexus: Four States’ Experiences With Reforming School Finance to Increase Student Achievement for Students From All Backgrounds; Jennifer Sharp Silverstein, Sara Anderson, and Brandy Chance.
- Part III. School Choice
- Chapter 5. Parental Decision Making and Educational Opportunity; Holly Yettick, Emily Wexler Love, and Sara Anderson.
- Chapter 6. Child in the Middle: Self-Determination and the Parent-State Battle for Educational Control; Erik Bondurant, Sheri Tapper, and Holly Yettick.
- Chapter 7. Charter School Liability; Meghan Callahan, Susan Krebs, and Erik Bondurant.
- Part IV. Reframing Equal Educational Opportunity Today
- Chapter 8. Getting Back to Where We Started From: The Failure of Proxy-Based Policies and a Possible Return to Plessy; Sara Rabin, Lauren P. Saenz, and Heather MacGillivary.
- Chapter 9. Ending the DREAM of Plyler v. Doe: Examining Democratic Participation and Educational Opportunity Through the Language of Plyler; Emily Wexler Love, Megan Bucholz, and Brandy Chance.
- Part V. Student and Teacher Rights in Schools
- Chapter 10. Zero Tolerance Policies: A Precarious Balance Between School Safety and Educational Opportunity for All; Heather MacGillivary, Michelle Medal, and Carol Drake.
- Chapter 11. Seeking a State of Balance in Teachers' Freedom of Speech: Navigating the Teacher Speech Tightrope and the Erratic Legal Winds; Adam Van Iwaarden, Michelle Medal, and Meghan Callahan.
- Chapter 12. Straddling the Wall: What's Gained and Lost in the Supreme Court's Willingness to Allow More Fraternization Between Church and State?; Lauren P. Saenz, Vincent J.A. Badolato, and August Ruckdeschel.
- Appendix: Definitions and Explanations of Key Terms
- About the Contributors.