A survey indicates that principals, advisors, and student editors lack adequate knowledge of First Amendment precedents involving student newspapers and tend to make judgements on the basis of self-interest rather than on the law. (Author/IRT)

Implicit in Gault v. Garrison is the idea that forced retirement is unacceptable at any age. An unintended effect of the current forced retirement laws may be a rethinking of tenure laws in an attempt to make it possible to eliminate some older faculty members from our schools and colleges. (Author/IRT)

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.…

This brief urges the Supreme Court to reverse the judgment of the California Supreme Court. (IRT)

This brief urges the Supreme Court to affirm the California Supreme Court decision. (IRT)

The Gaylord case has significance for all educators concerned about their private lives. The immorality case against Gaylord was based on speculation. (Author/IRT)

The good news in the Bakke case would be for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide that equal protection was denied and for the regents of the University of California to have to write a new, broader operational definition of equal protection for applicants to medical school. (Author/IRT)

Reviews recent court cases concerning teacher "immorality," which appear to be on the increase, and offers guidelines that have emerged from such cases. (IRT)

Court-appointed committees that monitor desegregation plans are an emergent and potentially useful new form of citizen participation on education. The scope of several monitoring committees is outlined. (Author/IRT)

Although in U.S. v. State of South Carolina the Court has established important guidelines legitimating the use of validated National Teacher Examination scores in the certification of teachers, some problems and questions remain. (Author/IRT)

Indicates the Supreme Court's attitude toward the comparison of the racial composition of the faculty with that of the student body, the time Title VII came into force, and the use of applicant flow data in cases of hiring discrimination, but not what constitutes a relevant labor pool. (Author/IRT)

Spells out the court-imposed limitations on the various kinds of tests commonly used in the public schools. (Author/IRT)

The Detroit decision may encourage federal courts to avoid costly and unpopular student reassignment plans in favor of compensatory education to remedy the effects of past discrimination. (Author/IRT)

Presents divergent opinions of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (for the plurality), Justice Antonin Scalia, and Justice Harry Blackmun in the Supreme Court decision to return the case of "O'Connor v. Ortega" (questioning the constitutionality of searching a public employee's office) to the district court. O'Connor rejected the notion that…