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Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
During the 2002-03 school year, Michael B., Rebecca D., and Aldo V. were eighth-graders at the Regional Gifted Center program at the Beaubien School in the Chicago school system. In February, the Beaubien School held an annual contest for eighth-graders to determine the design for the class T-shirt. Michael was disappointed that his design did not…
Descriptors: Censorship, Disabilities, Freedom of Speech, Court Litigation
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
This analysis of a November 2001 case in Botetourt County, Virginia, looks at whether the Fourth Amendment right against an unreasonable "seizure" or the 14th Amendment "liberty" for parents to control the care and custody of their children requires a ban on, or at least immediate notification regarding, detentions of a…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Constitutional Law, Student Rights, Parent Rights
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
In this era of educational choice, school accountability, research-based practices, and commercial competition--illustrated by but not exclusive to No Child Left Behind--some schools, public and private, make claims that resemble false advertising and that some parents rely on, to their disappointment and even detriment. Moreover, the laudable…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Public Education, Equal Education
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
This examination of a case that is seeking to determine whether a district in Tennessee met its obligation under the Individuals with Disabilities Act to provide a "free appropriate public education" to a student with autism concludes that the courts' decisions to date are already literally remarkable for several reasons. These reasons…
Descriptors: Related Services (Special Education), Extended School Year, Compliance (Legal), Kindergarten
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: College Housing, Court Litigation, Dormitories, Higher Education
Hammer, George – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Cheating, Court Litigation, Discipline Policy
Foth, Edward C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Property Taxes
Kirk, William J., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Presents information on the changing scene of juvenile justice. Includes information on recent court decisions, the disposition of offenders in juvenile court, and recent legislation. (IRT)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Crime, Delinquency
Green, Robert L.; Pettigrew, Thomas F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1976
Concludes that there are serious problems with the "research" on which Coleman based his conclusions about white flight, that there is only a tenuous connection between Coleman's research results and his antibussing political opinions, and that the episode raises difficult problems concerning the influence of social science on public…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Policy, Racial Integration
Coleman, James S. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
A response to the Young and Bress article also in this issue. (IRT)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Policy Formation
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elections, Higher Education, Local Issues
Hazard, William R. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, School Law
Wynkoop, Robert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Presents criteria that have been clarified by recent court decisions in school finance cases and reform guidelines that have emerged from State action. (Author)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Classification, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Phi Delta Kappan, 1983
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THIS DOCUMENT: A federal judge in New York has ruled that, under federal copyright law, a group of Buffalo area school districts cannot videotape the televised works of three filmmakers - even for temporary educational purposes. U.S. District Judge John Curtin's decision deals another blow to the Erie County Board…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Court Litigation, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Hogan, John C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
As in other educational realms, the courts are asserting more and more authority over interscholastic athletics. A summary of pertinent cases and decisions. (Editors)
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletics, Court Litigation, Due Process
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