LAW 5308: Education Law - 2164

Education Law
Class Term:
Spring Term 2015-2016
Catalog Number:
5308
Class Number:
29232
Class Schedule:
Monday, Wednesday
12:30 pm -
1:45 pm
Room:
LAW 118
Professor(s):
Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3 (3 Contact, 0 Field)
Priority:
General Enrollment Course
Full Year Course:
No
Category:
Standard Courses

Grading Details

The final grade will be based on a combination of class participation (15%), classroom presentation (35%), and final examination (50%).

Description

This course explores the often contentious relationship between federal, state, and local law and policy in the shaping of the American education system. It will examine past and current legal challenges faced by the system in areas such as school desegregation, discrimination on the basis of race, gender, disability, and immigration status, compulsory school attendance, freedom of religion, school financing and resource distribution, school discipline and policing, and federal mandates with high stakes testing. The course will equip students with a deeper understanding of the interconnection between the fundamental social and political principles underlying the education system and the development of education law jurisprudence.

Education Law