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ERIC Number: EJ300217
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1984
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Educational Malpractice and the Rural Teacher.
Johnson, William H.; Hodges, V. Pauline
Small School Forum, v5 n3 p15-17 Spr 1984
Discusses the recent phenomenon of educational malpractice as a legal versus a political issue. Notes difficulties of educational malpractice suits with respect to establishing negligence and fraudulent misrepresentation. Discusses two types of malpractice cases and defines four principles that administrators and educators should follow to avoid litigation. (SB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Court Litigation, Educational Malpractice, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Laws, Legal Responsibility, Rural Education, Rural Schools, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Responsibility, Torts
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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