These recognized school law experts translate the intricacies of school law into proactive day-to-day leadership practice. This second edition contains programmatic guidance for other school district personnel, "management cues" and "risk management guidelines," a comprehensive index, and references to landmark court cases, coverage of the No Child Left Behind Act, and information on state-created danger and deliberate indifference. School administrators can quickly find guidance on issues such as:
Staff selection and evaluation
Student rights and discipline
Special education and IDEA regulations
Copyright law
Search and seizure
Sexual harassment and exploitation
Dr. Dennis R. Dunklee is an Emeritus Professor in the Education Leadership Department in the Graduate School of Education at George Mason University. During his twenty-five years in public schools, he served as a teacher, elementary school principal, junior high and middle school principal, high school principal, and central office administrator. During his more than twenty years at George Mason University, he taught courses in education law and school leadership and served as an advisor and chair for master’s and doctoral candidates in school leadership.
Because of his expertise and practical experience, he continues to be frequently called on to consult in the areas of effective schools, school law, administrator evaluation, instructional supervision, school-community relations, problem solving, and conflict resolution. In addition, he continues to be actively involved as a consultant and expert witness in numerous school-related lawsuits nationwide. As a university scholar and researcher, he has published, and continues to publish, textbooks, monographs, and articles on issues in the fields of school law, business management, administrative practice, and leadership theory. He also continues to present papers at international, national, regional, state, and local conferences and is a widely sought-after clinician for inservice workshops. Dr. Dunklee was an invited participant and presenter at the 2005 Oxford (University) Round Table on Education Law: Individual Rights and Freedoms.
He received his Ph.D. in school administration and foundations from Kansas State University. His major area of research was in the field of education law, and his dissertation was on tort liability for negligence. He holds a master’s degree in elementary and secondary school administration from Washburn University.
This is Dr. Dunklee’s eighth book for Corwin Press. His other Corwin books are You Sound Taller on the Telephone: A Practitioner’s View of the Principalship (1999); If You Want to Lead Not Just Manage (2000); The Principal’s Quick Reference Guide to School Law (2002 and 2006, with Robert J. Shoop); Strategic Listening for School Leaders (2005, with Jeannine Tate); Anatomy of a Lawsuit: What Every Education Leader Should Know About Legal Actions (2006, with Robert J. Shoop); and Poverty Is NOT a Learning Disability (2009, with Tish Howard and Sandy Grogan Dresser).
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我特别喜欢这本书在持续更新和适应性方面的考虑。教育法律环境是动态变化的,最高法院的裁决、州立法机构的修正案层出不穷。一本静止的参考书很快就会过时。而这本指南,通过其结构设计,似乎已经预见到了这种变化。它在每个关键领域都设置了明确的标记,提示读者关注特定立法或判例的最新动向。虽然我无法得知其后续修订的频率,但其当前的编排方式,明显倾向于为未来的法律变动留出足够的调整空间,而不是一次性地将所有内容“焊死”。这种前瞻性思维,对于一个需要长期依赖此书的专业人士来说至关重要。它给我的感觉是,这是一份持续成长的资源,而不是一个一次性购买的产品,确保了我在面对明天可能出现的法律挑战时,依然能手握最前沿、最可靠的指引。
评分如果让我用一个词来形容这本书对我的影响,那一定是“赋能”。自从开始使用这本指南以来,我明显感觉到自己处理日常行政事务时的底气更足了。在过去,面对一些棘手的教师工会合同谈判或涉及学生纪律的复杂听证会,我总需要花费大量时间咨询外部法律顾问,成本高昂且耗时费力。但现在,这本书成为了我的第一道防线。它的语言风格非常“接地气”,没有过多的法律术语堆砌,即使是新上任的、缺乏经验的管理者也能快速上手。更重要的是,它对“最佳实践”的强调非常到位。它不仅告诉你“什么不能做”,更重要的是教你“如何以最合规、最有效的方式去做”。书中对文件记录保存、会议程序合法性等细节的关注,正是那些决定行政决策能否在法庭上站得住脚的关键所在,这些都是教科书里轻易不会涉及的“内行门道”。
评分这本书的价值远远超出了其物理形态所能承载的重量。我发现它在处理那些灰色地带问题时,展现出了极高的成熟度和审慎态度。在教育领域,很多法律问题并非简单的“是”或“否”可以概括的,往往涉及到平衡不同群体的权利和学校的教育使命。这本书并没有采取过于激进或过于保守的立场,而是提供了一个中立且基于充分法律依据的分析框架。它鼓励读者去理解法律背后的哲学基础和公共政策意图,而非仅仅是机械地遵守规则。例如,在涉及学生身体搜查的章节,它详细剖析了不同法院对“合理怀疑”这一标准的界定演变,同时提醒读者注意地方法规可能带来的额外限制。这种提供背景知识而非简单罗列规则的做法,极大地提升了读者的法律素养和批判性思维能力,让我感觉自己不仅仅是在查阅一本工具书,更是在进行一次深度的专业学习。
评分这本关于学校法律的参考手册,内容之详实和条理清晰,绝对是教育行政人员案头必备的宝典。我尤其欣赏作者在处理复杂法律条文时所展现出的那种化繁为简的能力。翻阅这本书,你会发现,那些原本晦涩难懂的法规,经过精心编排和注释后,变得触手可及。比如,它对学生隐私权、教师聘用与解雇程序等核心问题的阐述,都配有最新的判例分析和实操建议。这不仅仅是一本纯粹的法律条文汇编,更像是一位资深法律顾问的贴心指导。我记得有一次,学校正面临一个关于特殊教育服务(IDEA)的争议,情况相当棘手。我赶紧翻阅了书中关于残疾人教育法案的部分,书中的流程图和风险提示,立刻为我指明了下一步的行动方向,极大地避免了潜在的法律诉讼。其深度和广度都远超一般行政手册的水平,是真正能够帮助管理者在日常运营中规避风险、确保合规性的实用工具。
评分坦白说,当我第一次拿到这本手册时,我对“快速参考指南”这个名字持保留态度,总觉得这种名称的书籍往往内容浮于表面,缺乏深度。然而,事实证明我的顾虑完全是多余的。这本书的精妙之处在于它的组织结构,它简直就是为高压工作环境下的决策者量身定制的。它没有采用传统的教科书式的冗长叙述,而是大量运用了清单、问答(FAQ)和“如果…那么…”(If/Then)的逻辑结构。这使得查找效率达到了一个惊人的高度。比如,当我需要迅速确认一项关于校园言论自由政策的合法边界时,我无需从头读到尾,只需根据关键词定位到那一页,几秒钟内就能获得一个清晰、可执行的答案。这种设计体现了作者对一线教育工作者时间宝贵这一现实的深刻理解,它不仅仅是“提供信息”,更是“在需要的时候提供正确的信息”。这对于需要在紧急情况下做出关键决策的校长而言,无疑具有决定性的价值。
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