As in other educational realms, the courts are asserting more and more authority over interscholastic athletics. A summary of pertinent cases and decisions. (Editors)

Because negotiation channels creative energy and uses student ideas for the benefit of the school, it can create an environment more conducive to teaching and learning than the repressive environments that cause petty irritations, repeated disruptions, violence, and vandalism. (Author/IRT)

Recounts the history of the case, its unfolding in court, and the implications of the court's holdings. (IRT)

Discusses written and unwritten tests of teachers and such issues as due process, equal protection, and test validity. (IRT)

The principle that emerges from the case is that a public employer does not have to share all relevant information with an employee prior to a termination hearing. (Author)

Six sets of emerging issues that could involve specific students and classroom situations are discussed here: class suspensions and due process, class rules and teacher inconsistency, classroom equality of opportunity, competency testing, classification of students, and classroom management in alternative schools. (Author)

The procedural due process principles of Goss v. Lopez do not apply in cases of "academic" dismissal rather than disciplinary dismissal. The difficulty in making this distinction, particularly at the elementary and secondary levels, undoubtedly will be the cause of much future litigation. (Author/IRT)

Reviews the decisions that have established the five principles of special educational law (zero reject, nondiscriminatory evaluation, appropriate education, least restrictive placement, and procedural due process), demonstrates how they have affected federal legislation, and suggests future litigation the courts will face in these areas.…

A review of court decisions about teacher testing programs shows that tests must be equitable and fair, must not be used to discriminate by race or sex, and that adequate notice to teachers is required. (MLF)

The Supreme Court in December 1985 voted 9-0 reversing a lower court decision in the case of "Ewing vs. Board of Regents." Ewing, a medical student, appealed the medical school's decision to dismiss him. The Supreme Court found that "the decision was made conscientiously and with careful deliberation." This decision maintains…

Jesse Vail sued an Illinois board of education in federal court over a contract dispute. The court awarded Vail damages, the decision was upheld on appeal, and the U.S. Supreme Court will be reviewing the decision in 1984. (MD)

Abetted by the courts, the tide of anti-authoritarianism will not abate, and educators must devise strategies for dealing with it. Presents strategies consistent with the Madisonian concept of human rights. (Author)

Recounts the case of "Turk v. Franklin Special School District" in Tennessee, in which the board's dismissal of a teacher was reversed by the Tennessee Supreme Court because the board failed to follow its own dismissal procedures and because the particular drunk driving conviction did not warrant dismissal. (RW)

Reviews a federal court ruling in Florida stating that minimum competency tests must be fair--that is, they must cover material that has actually been taught. Unfair tests used to determine eligibility for graduation violate the equal protection and due process clauses of the Constitution. (Author/WD)