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Constitutional Issues Surrounding Student Possession And Use Of Cell Phones In Schools, Ralph Mawdsley, Charles Russo Feb 2015

Constitutional Issues Surrounding Student Possession And Use Of Cell Phones In Schools, Ralph Mawdsley, Charles Russo

Charles J. Russo

Constitutional challenges to limits on the possession and/ or use of cell phones in schools present potential claims involving the Fourth Amendment rights of students to privacy and to be free from unreasonable searchesalong with parental Fourteenth Amendment Liberty Clauserights to direct the education and upbringing of their children. However, as reflected in this article, as long as educational officials enact policies in line with state laws that are explicitly designed to enhance school safety, challenges filed by students and their parents are probably destined to fail because constitutional claims are likely to be outweighed by concerns for the greater …


Living The Lifo: Why California Teachers Unions Should Reconsider Last In First Out, Nathan K. Low Jul 2013

Living The Lifo: Why California Teachers Unions Should Reconsider Last In First Out, Nathan K. Low

Nathan K Low

California is one of the most dynamic battleground states where education reformers, teachers’ unions, and school districts are locked in combat to further their respective interests. Over the past several decades, teachers’ unions have been so vilified that support for union-backed policies, no matter how effective, are shunned by the public. A strategic retreat is necessary in order to illustrate flexibility and to show a prioritization of students’ education rights. Within Los Angeles Unified School district, the second largest school district in the country, reformers are fighting for more teacher accountability through both legislation and litigation. The upcoming, paramount case …


Building Democracy In Japan, Mary Alice Haddad Dec 2011

Building Democracy In Japan, Mary Alice Haddad

Mary Alice Haddad

How is democracy made real? How does an undemocratic country create new institutions and transform its polity such that democratic values and practices become integral parts of its political culture? These are some of the most pressing questions of our times, and they are the central inquiry of Building Democracy in Japan. Using the Japanese experience as starting point, this book develops a new approach to the study of democratization that examines state-society interactions as a country adjusts its existing political culture to accommodate new democratic values, institutions and practices. With reference to the country's history, the book focuses on …