The schedule below outlines the topics we will be covering in this course, along with the associated time frames and activities.
Note: All due dates reflect North American eastern time (ET).
Lesson 1: Education Law Introduction
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- Task 1.a. Academic Integrity Form
- Task 1.b. Discussion | Introductions
- Task 1.c. Applied Learning | Sample Case Brief
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Lesson 2: Public Education in the U.S.
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- Chapter 3 | pp. 88–106, 112–126)
- Chapter 4 | (pp. 133–142)
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- Task 2.a. Discussion | Bill of Rights
- Task 2.b. Discussion | Fundamental Right to Education
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Lesson 3: School Attendance Laws
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- Chapter 6 | (pp. 309–347, 353–357)
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- Task 3.a. Discussion | Are public schools, charter schools, private schools and home schools different?
- Task 3.b. Final Project | Project Proposal
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Lesson 4: Religion and School Funding
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- Chapter 5 | (pp. 197–203, 207–253)
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- Task 4.a. Discussion | Establishment Clause
- Task 4.b. Discussion | School Vouchers
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Lesson 5: Religious Activities in Schools
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- Chapter 5 | (pp. 259–294)
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- Task 5.a. Discussion | Free Exercise
- Task 5.b. Applied Learning | Case brief
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Lesson 6: Curriculum Control
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- Chapter 7 | (pp. 382–414, 420–440, 449–450)
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- Task 6.a. Discussion | Pico
- Task 6.b. Discussion | Kitzmiller v. Dover
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Lesson 7: Student Freedom of Expression
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- Chapter 8 | (closely read pp. 462–506; skim pp. 507–521)
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- Task 7.a. Discussion | Freedom of Expression in Schools
- Task 7.b. Final Project | Project Bibliography
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Lesson 8: Public School Desegregation
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- Chapter 20 | (pp. 1218–1257)
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- Task 8.a. Discussion | Brown v. Board
- Task 8.b. Applied Learning | Case Brief 2
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Lesson 9: Special Education
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- Chapter 11 | (pp. 671–699, 705, 709–712, 716–720, 722–723, 738–741)
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- Task 9.a. Discussion | Free Appropriate Public Education
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Lesson 10: Student Discipline
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- Chapter 10 | (pp. 597–635)
- Chapter 11 | (pp. 728–733)
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- Task 10.a. Discussion | School Discipline Policy
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Lesson 11: Student Search and Seizure
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- Chapter 9 | (pp. 529–568, 574–576, 585–591)
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- Task 11.a. Discussion | Drug Testing
- Task 11.b. Final Project | Outline
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Lesson 12: Teachers’ Rights
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- Chapter 16 | (pp. 989–1012, 1016–1025, 1029, 1033–1035, 1044–1050)
- Chapter 17 | (pp. 1059–1064)
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- Task 12.a. Discussion | Teachers' Rights
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Lesson 13: Sexual Harassment, Child Abuse, and Student Records
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- Title IX and Gender Discrimination | (pp. 636–656)
- Child Abuse | (pp. 656–660)
- Student Records | (pp. 850–857)
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- TVSBSC (2011, April 19). Jamie Nabozny: Bullied. [VIDEO FILE]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUOGtt1QEro
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- Task 13.a. Discussion | Child Abuse Reporting
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Lesson 14: Project Presentations
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- Task 14.a. Final Project | Project Presentation | (5 minutes or less) | Due
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- Task 14.b. Discussion | Final Project
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Lesson 15: Final Project Paper
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- Task 15.a. Final Project | Education Law and Policy Project Paper
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