Law in Arkansas Public Schools

This text provides a clear and concise view of current perspectives in schoollaw and makes the all-important leap from theory to practice, with a focus onthe day-to-day realities of school law. Subjects include student rights, teacherrights, tort action, power and authority, change, and conflict.While the topics of corporal punishment, free speech, and church and statehave been debated by lawyers for years, the law is ever changing to encompassnew subjects involving handicapped students, AIDS, and more.Teachers, to be sure, are not expected to be lawyers or to possess a masteryof the law. They are, however, able to obtain a fundamental knowledge of it,especially with the assistance of Law in Arkansas Public Schools .This fundamental knowledge provides teachers with information that todayrivals reading, writing, and arithmetic in importance. In this day and age, whenstudents and parents sue schools and teachers, the best defense for teachers andadministrators is simply to know the law.Professor Paul E. Peterson teaches administration and secondary education atthe University of Central Arkansas. A former public school teacher andprincipal, he received his Ed.D. in 1983 from the University of Akron. Dr.Peterson teaches school law at UCA and has presented numerous workshops on thistopic for teachers, administrators, and school boards throughout the state.