Educational Malpractice: Can the Judiciary Remedy the Growing Problem of Functional Illiteracy?.

Klein, Alice J.

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ERIC Number: EJ204793

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979

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Educational Malpractice: Can the Judiciary Remedy the Growing Problem of Functional Illiteracy?

Klein, Alice J.

Suffolk University Law Review, v13 n1 p27-62 Win 1979

Investigates the viability of a negligence action for inadequate public school education. Explores the problems inherent in proving each element of negligence, the available defense, and the potential consequences for plaintiffs, defendants, and educational policy-making that would flow from judicial recognition of a cause of action. Journal availability: see EA 511 493. (Author/IRT)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, School Responsibility

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials

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Language: English

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