In December of 1965 John and Mary Tinker entered a Des Moines high school wearing black armbands in protest against the war in Vietnam. However inconsequential their conduct was to the outcome of the war, it revolutionized educational law in the United States. Since that time, the tensions between the law and the schools have extended far beyond those involving student rights.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
Bethel School District No. 403 v Frazier, 478 U.S. 675, 106 S. Ct. 3159 (1986).
2.
Clear, D., and Bagley, M. "Coaching Athletics: A Tort Just Waiting for a Judgment?" NOLPE SchoolLaw Journal2( 1982): 184-92.
3.
Davis, B., and Williams, J. "Integrating Legal Issues into Teacher Preparation Programs." ERIC Document No. ED 347 139, 1992.
4.
Fischer, L.; Schimmel, D.; and Kelly, C.Teachers and the Law. White Plains, N.Y.: Longman Publishers, 1995.
5.
Gallant, D., and Tollett, J. "Educational Law: A Relevant Course for All Teacher Education Programs ." Paper presented at the Annual Spring Conference of the Louisiana Council of Professors of Educational Administration, March 1995. ERIC Document No. ED 389 695.
6.
Hazelwood School District v Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260, 108 S. Ct. 562 (1988).
7.
Hoover, C. "The Hazelwood Decision: A Decade Later." NASSP Bulletin , September 1998.
8.
Imber, M., and Thompson, G. "Developing a Typology of Litigation in Education and Determining the Frequency of Each Category." Educational Administration Quarterly , May 1991.
9.
LaMorte, M.School Law: Cases and Concepts, 5th ed. Needham Heights, Mass.: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.
10.
Lee v Weisman, 505 U.S. 577, 112 S.Ct. 2649 (1992).
11.
Przybyszewski, R., and Tosette, D. "How Informed Are Middle School Teachers About Laws Which Affect Them ?" Paper presented at the Northeast Educational Research Association, October 1991. ERIC Document No. ED 343 879.
12.
Reglin, G. "Public School Educators' Knowledge of Selected Supreme Court Decisions Affecting Daily Public School Operations." Journal of Educational Administration9(1992): 26-31.
13.
Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, 89 S. Ct. 733 (1969).
14.
Underwood, J., and Noffke, J. "Good News: The Litigation Scales Are Tilting in Your Favor." Executive Educator3(1990 ): 16-20.
