Recommended Titles and Treatises

Education

Public school law: teachers' and students' rights

by Stephen Thomas. Pearson Higher Education. 6th edition. 2009.
530 pages. Updated by new edition.

This title provides a comprehensive treatment of the legal rights of teachers and students in public schools. Topics include church/state relations, school attendance and instructional issues, students' rights in noninstructional matters, student classifications, student discipline, rights of students with disabilities, discrimination in and termination of employment, teachers' constitutional rights, labor relations, and tort liability. Also included are selected Supreme Court decisions.