This brief review of the Supreme Court case, Edwards v. Aquillard, which struck down a Louisiana statute that prohibited the teaching of evolutionary theory in the public schools unless "creation science" was also taught, considers the ruling's implications on school policies and practices. (CB)

Discusses the case of Krizek v. Board of Education of Cicero-Stickney Township High School (ND, IL, 1989). A federal district court determined that a school district could dismiss an untenured teacher for classroom conduct not prohibited in advance (showing students an R-rated movie) but deemed inappropriate later. (SM)

The Supreme Court has issued only one decision on a case involving the rights of public school students to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Court's decision, while resolving the crucial issue of the appropriate standard for assessing student searches, left a number of important questions wholly unanswered. (IAH)

This article analyzes a 1989 decision by the California Court of Appeal, "McCarthy v. Fletcher." The case concerns a suit brought by a teacher against the local school district because the district removed two books from a booklist adopted by the teacher's English department. (IAH)

In Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a school principal's decision to delete several stories from the school newspaper. However, the ruling failed to adequately address two related areas involving what constitutes school-sponsored speech and how broadly could schools regulate that speech. (CB)

Discusses a 1986 appeals court decision which held that the St. Cloud State University (Minnesota) teacher education program may not allow students to satisfy their student teaching requirements in parochial schools. The court held that such a policy would violate the first amendment prohibition against "an establishment of religion."…