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Gluckman, Ivan – 1989
This newsletter defines common law negligence, discusses recent trends in common law negligence, cites litigation, and establishes guidelines to assist school administrators in the avoidance of such tort action. The success or failure of a negligence suit most commonly turns on one of three factors: duty, breach of that duty, and proximate cause…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Problems, Administrators, Court Litigation
Splitt, David A. – Updating School Board Policies, 1981
The fictive account of a school board's problems with a new policy illustrates the need to involve all affected groups in the policy-making process. The "Sleepy Hollow Board of Education" early in the school year adopts a policy discontinuing social promotions of academically unqualified students. After a year of pressure and protest…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Board of Education Policy, Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education
