Educational Law category: 174 books

In today’s volatile law school environment, curriculum reform has emerged as a significant focus. It is commonly understood that law schools effectively teach certain analytical skills, but are less successful in other areas, and often scramble to adapt to evolving aims. This book demonstrates how...

Since 2005, the Fugitive Safe Surrender (FSS) program has been implemented in more than twenty cities around the country. Tens of thousands of individuals with active warrants for their arrest have voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement in a church or other neutral setting. The sites are transformed...

Countless deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers have sparked national debate surrounding the legitimacy of these killings and the current state of race relations in America. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) anchors this book and is used in assessing several of these types of encounters...

This timely book is about raising awareness of the rights of disabled people to full equality and participation in all areas. It aims to show that disability is an issue of concern to all of us. It is for university faculty staff teaching courses on education law and policy and serves as a resource for students conducting research, government officials, and professionals in these fields.

High stakes tests are the gatekeepers to many educational and professional goals. As such, the incentive to cheat is high. This Handbook is the first to offer insights from experts within the testing community, psychometricians, and policymakers to identify and develop best practice guidelines for...

There are approximately 1,077,520 private security guards employed in the United States (Bureau of Labor Statistics), with approximately 700,000 sworn police officers. The training for security officers can be a little as 8 to 40 hours prior to them being employed or assigned to a work location....

Il libro esamina il contenuto della normativa che regola il rapporto di lavoro dei docenti della scuola pubblica anche alla luce dell'interpretazione adottata in giurisprudenza.L’opera è strutturata in modo da consentire la rapida individuazione dei vari istituti e di declinarne i diversi aspetti:...

Domestic Violence, Family Law and School discusses the ways in which family law disputes in cases of domestic violence can impact on children's lives at pre-school and school. In drawing on new research, the book establishes a new framework for understanding how welfare systems tackle domestic violence.

D’Andrea Antonella è docente di Diritto del lavoro presso l’Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”. È titolare di diversi Corsi universitari ed è autrice di due monografie in tema di dirigenza pubblica, nonché di voci enciclopediche, saggi in trattati e commentari, articoli pubblicati in riviste...

Sports is probably one of the greatest instruments of social cohesion in today’s conflict-stricken world. It has grown from being just an activity for leisure to an activity that is treated as an industry and like all industries, there are innumerable issues that crop up day in and day out. Sports...

La violencia familiar es una de las principales manifestaciones de la violencia de género. Para las mujeres representa una fuente de sufrimiento y padecimiento, y origina diversos problemas de salud. A partir del impacto que provoca, requiere la formulación de políticas y la organización de prácticas...

This Third Edition provides a comprehensive and fully up to date guide for all those preparing to sit the National Admissions Test for Law. It has been thoroughly revised to take account of the recent changes to the test and to reflect the latest advice and guidance relevant for candidates. Readers...

The Injustice of Justice is a purposeful book designed to introduce the public as well as the profession to an alternate method of policing with a whole-community and responsibility-based approach. Don has written the book from the perspective of a businessman whose interest and subsequent involvement...

In this comprehensive volume, a roster of leading scholars in educational policy and related fields offer eighteen essays seeking to illuminate new ways for American public education to counter persistent racial and socioeconomic inequality in our society. Contributors to Integrating Schools in a...