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| Joyce, Robert P. | 1 |
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| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
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| First Amendment | 2 |
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Peer reviewedBeckham, Joseph – Journal of Law and Education, 1985
Reviews judicial decisions involving school staff evaluation systems. Courts remain reluctant to interfere with the summative evaluation process of a school district. Administrators must apply reasoned, ascertainable standards in employment decisions in order to withstand judicial scrutiny amid the array of legal constraints on the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Peer reviewedJoyce, Robert P. – School Law Bulletin, 1985
Teachers and other public employees enjoy the same fundamental rights as other citizens. They are entitled to free speech--though the privilege is not limitless--and to due process and equal protection under the law. (Author/DCS)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Due Process, Employer Employee Relationship
