Teacher Litigation and Its Implications for Teachers' Legal Literacy

Autor/in	Mead, Julie F.
Titel	Teacher Litigation and Its Implications for Teachers' Legal Literacy
Quelle	In: Action in Teacher Education, 30 (2008) 2, S.79-87 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-6620
Schlagwörter	Relationship; Teachers; Knowledge Level; School Law; State Courts; Court Litigation; Participation; Legal Problems; Job Performance; Teaching Conditions + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wechselbeziehung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Wissensbasis; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht; Staatsgerichtshof; Rechtsstreit; Teilnahme; Work performance; Arbeitsleistung; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen
Abstract	To explore the relationship between teachers' knowledge of school law and their involvement in litigation, this study examined cases between 2000 and 2008 involving teachers who faced some adverse employment consequence. A total of 130 published cases were analyzed revealing the following: School districts and other school authorities prevail in the majority of cases; more litigation occurs in state courts rather than federal; cases consider a variety of legal issues and theories, both constitutional and statutory; teachers secured positive outcomes slightly more often in state venues; and there may be a shift in courts' analysis of cases involving teacher speech. In addition, this article presents illustrative cases that could have arguably been avoided by better legal literacy. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10