Education & The Law

In The Handbook of Canadian Higher Education Law, experts examine key legal issues in postsecondary education. Establishing the current governance ...

In 1925 Adolfo ‘Babe’ Romo, a Mexican American rancher in Tempe, Arizona, filed suit against his school district on behalf of his four young childr...

Priests of Our Democracy tells of the teachers and professors who battled the anti-communist witch hunt of the 1950s. It traces the political fortu...

The adoption of the Canadian Constitution Act in 1982, with its embedded Charter of Rights and Freedoms, ushered in an era of unprecedented judicia...

Just how much freedom of speech should high school students have? Does giving children and adolescents a far-reaching right of expression, without ...

How can schools meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population of newcomers? Do bilingual programs help children transition into American lif...

Over the past thirty-five years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state co...

Over the past thirty-five years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state co...

School teachers and administrators may be the largest single group of rule enforcers in American society. Operating under legislative statutes, cou...

Answers the calls of grassroots communities pressing for integration and increased education funding with a complete rethinking of school disciplin...

Much has changed in the area of school law since the first edition of The Educator’s Guide to Texas School Law was published in 1986. This new tent...