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From Governance To The Classroom: Rethinking Large-Scale School Reform To Improve Educational Opportunity And Equity, Benjamin M. Superfine Phd, Mark Paige Phd
From Governance To The Classroom: Rethinking Large-Scale School Reform To Improve Educational Opportunity And Equity, Benjamin M. Superfine Phd, Mark Paige Phd
Cleveland State Law Review
For decades, governmental institutions have focused on improving and equalizing the educational opportunities for students. Courts, legislatures, and chief executive officers at federal and state levels have spearheaded a range of large-scale educational reform efforts, including desegregation, school finance reform, educational improvement for students with disabilities, charter schools, and standards-based accountability systems. However, many assessments of these efforts reflect limited or mixed success. This Article takes a bird’s-eye view examination of not simply why a single type of educational reform has failed to reach its goals in a particular area, but instead at why such efforts have failed to reach …
The Tangled Web Of Plagiarism Litigation: Sorting Out The Legal Issues, Ralph D. Mawdsley
The Tangled Web Of Plagiarism Litigation: Sorting Out The Legal Issues, Ralph D. Mawdsley
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
The purpose of this article is to explore the increasing complexity of plagiarism litigation in the United States. A determination as to when attribution is necessary in order to avoid a charge of plagiarism raises questions of intent and subject matter specific questions of general knowledge, as well as constitutional and contractual questions of fairness, tort questions of defamation, and questions of fair use under copyright law or misrepresentation under the Lanham Act. Most of the reported cases still involve students who contest discipline from their respective academic institutions--discipline that can range from a course penalty to expulsion from the …
Ariadne's Thread: Leading Students Into And Out Of The Labyrinth Of The Rule Against Perpetuities , Maureen E. Markey
Ariadne's Thread: Leading Students Into And Out Of The Labyrinth Of The Rule Against Perpetuities , Maureen E. Markey
Cleveland State Law Review
This Article focuses partly on my own approach to teaching the Rule Against Perpetuities, but it addresses the approaches of others based on the survey responses. Although I have developed a method that works fairly well for my classes, I am always open to suggestions from others for modifying and improving that approach. Of course, a single method, no matter how good it appears to be, will not work for everyone. Therefore, I have incorporated a number of approaches into this Article so that those wanting to develop or improve their teaching of the Rule can pick and choose among …
Supreme Court Watch, Reginald Oh, Reginald Oh
Supreme Court Watch, Reginald Oh, Reginald Oh
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Discusses one of the more controversial U.S. Supreme Court's cases in the 2003-04 Term.The case dealt with the constitutionality of Pledge of Allegiance recitations in public schools. Specifically, the issue in Elk Grove Unified Sch. Dist. v. Newdow, 124 S. Ct. 2301 (2004), was whether the inclusion of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance created a First Amendment Establishment Clause violation.
Constitutional Concerns In Drug Testing, Gordon J. Beggs
Constitutional Concerns In Drug Testing, Gordon J. Beggs
Journal of Law and Health
*this is not an article, rather a summary of recent case law and authority"
Due Process As A Management Tool In Schools And Prisons, Elisabeth T. Dreyfuss, Jane C. Knapp
Due Process As A Management Tool In Schools And Prisons, Elisabeth T. Dreyfuss, Jane C. Knapp
Cleveland State Law Review
This article will explore due process as an effective tool for the management of schools and prisons through a close scrutiny of the fourteenth amendment. The authors will attempt to identify emerging trends in case law and give special attention to Bell v. Wolfish, which may point to a new direction in due process analysis under the Burger Court. The purpose of this article is to propose radical reform of schools and prisons through the involvement of their populations and staffs in the rule-making process. Spawned by a firm belief that only through such democratic processes can the violence and …
The Nature Of College Student Perceptions In America Today (Circa 1970), Arthur R. Landever
The Nature Of College Student Perceptions In America Today (Circa 1970), Arthur R. Landever
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Arthur Landever discusses the Nature of College Student Perceptions in America.
A Few Words About Law Teaching, Robert A. Leflar
A Few Words About Law Teaching, Robert A. Leflar
Cleveland State Law Review
The purpose of these few paragraphs will be to look for a quick moment at the law teacher's job as it appears both in retrospect and prospect to one whose law school teaching spans more than forty years and whose fortunate experience at working with other jobs in the law has given him reason to appreciate mightily the happy chance that led him as a youth into the teaching branch of the legal profession.