Publication Date
In 2025 | 1 |
Since 2024 | 1 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 10 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 20 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 76 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
Practitioners | 102 |
Policymakers | 47 |
Administrators | 38 |
Teachers | 33 |
Students | 14 |
Community | 7 |
Researchers | 5 |
Media Staff | 1 |
Location
Texas | 33 |
California | 23 |
New York | 21 |
New Jersey | 20 |
Kentucky | 14 |
Illinois | 12 |
Michigan | 10 |
Ohio | 10 |
Minnesota | 9 |
United States | 9 |
Alabama | 8 |
More ▼ |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
Florida State Student… | 1 |
National Teacher Examinations | 1 |
Texas Assessment of Academic… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
2003
The Law Division of the proceedings contains the following 8 papers: "The Neutral Reportage Doctrine 25 Years After: An Update on the Still 'Fletdgling' Libel Defense" (Kyu Ho Youm); "Personal Jurisdiction Over Media Libel Cases in the Internet Age" (Robert L. Spellman); "A Framework for Electronic Access to Court Records…
Descriptors: Corporations, Court Litigation, Federal Courts, Hate Crime

Goodman, Richard H. – Journal of Education Finance, 1982
Describes a lawsuit filed in January 1982 by New Hampshire students, parents, and school districts charging that the state's elementary and secondary education system's heavy reliance on local property taxes violates the state constitution by creating substantial inequities in the funds available per pupil in each district. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student

Broder, Sherry; Wee, Beverly – University of Hawaii Law Review, 1979
Examines the "Holdman" case and discusses how the constitutional and legal requirements of Hawaii's Equal Rights Amendment should serve to redress sex discrimination in athletics. Available from University of Hawaii Law Review, University of Hawaii School of Law, 1400 Lower Campus Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Athletics, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Cloud, Robert C. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
Executive administrators are vulnerable to the malice and defamatory attacks of critics on and off their campuses. Documents the impact of the actual malice standard on public higher education administrators since the United States Supreme Court's 1964 decision in "New York Times Co. v. Sullivan." Reviews "New York Times" and…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Court Litigation, Federal Courts

Remington, Lee R. – Journal of Law & Education, 2002
Discusses history and purpose of state open-records laws. Surveys how parties make open-records requests, various causes of action, and sanctions for noncompliance. Examines how open-records requests related to district investigations can implicate the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Attempts to find appropriate balance between public's…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Criminal Law, Disclosure, Elementary Secondary Education
Burd, Stephen – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Courts in New York and Texas have imposed limits on psychiatric research involving involuntarily institutionalized patients as subjects, citing state and constitutional protection of privacy, due process, and equal protection. Some are concerned that mental health research and treatment will suffer. (MSE)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Due Process, Higher Education, Institutionalized Persons
Menacker, Julius – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1993
School reformers have been calling for reductions in the size of large urban districts. A statutory approach to devolution is available in many states: citizens petition the appropriate government authority for district reorganization, or detachment, from the school district in which they are located. Illinois law and court decisions are used to…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education

Hyman, Ronald T. – West's Education Law Reporter, 1991
New Jersey Supreme Court, in "Abbott v. Burke (Abbott II)," held that state's Public School Education Act of 1975 was unconstitutional. Notes that initial impact of "Abbott II" is to put pressure on legislators to correct funding system; challenge will require educators to overhaul their patterns of behavior in administration,…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Economic Factors, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance

Moran, Mary – Journal of Education Finance, 1999
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's 1972 landmark "Rodriguez" decision (constitutionally challenging Texas's school-finance system), courts have increasingly used student assessments as evidence of educational adequacy and focused more on educational quality than fiscal equity. Despite pitched battles, a consensus of adequacy and quality may…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Quality
Grumet, Louis – American School Board Journal, 1994
The United States Supreme Court is currently deliberating the case of "Kiryas Joel." At issue is a public school district set up specifically to meet the religious needs of an orthodox Jewish community, as the community defines them. Presents opposing arguments from the New York State School Boards Association and the National Jewish…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Hassenpflug, Ann; Riggs, Robert O. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1996
The potential for wrongful discharge of an employee based on false accusations has increased. Suggests guidelines for policies and procedures of district investigations if stigmatizing accusations against an employee could ruin a career even if they are found to be false. Reviews two recent cases. Suggests possible nonjudicial remedies available…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Due Process

Fulmer, Jason R. – Journal of Law & Education, 2002
Describes state and federal court cases involving prohibited teacher conduct, including immorality; termination for immoral conduct, especially involving students, related to job performance; and termination for immoral conduct unrelated to job performance. Discusses the need to find a "nexus" between the teacher's conduct outside the…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts
Moses, Michele S. – Educational Policy, 2006
This article concerns an issue that often remains implicit within the public debate about affirmative action and related race-conscious education policies: What role do contested moral ideals play in the disagreement about affirmative action? As background, the article first outlines what a moral disagreement is and then goes on to examine the…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Debate, Role, Moral Issues
Frattaroli, Shannon; Teret, Stephen P. – Evaluation Review, 2006
The Maryland Gun Violence Act, enacted into law in 1996, explicitly authorized courts to order batterers to surrender their firearms through civil protective orders. It also vested law enforcement with the explicit authority to remove guns when responding to a domestic violence complaint. In order to assess how these laws were implemented, we…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Violence, Gun Control, State Legislation
Maryland State Commission for Women, Baltimore. – 1984
In 1972, the Maryland Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) became law in that state. The amendment provides that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be abridged or denied because of sex." This document surveys the legislative reforms that have been enacted to implement the ERA in the 12 years following the law's ratification. It also…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Equal Protection, Females, Laws