Education
Christina Fisanick
eBook
(Greenhaven Press, Dec. 2, 2011)
This timely series examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of American teens; many volumes cover how the Bill of Rights are interpreted and protected with regard to minors.; Volume explores: education and the Constitution in the 20th century; specific education-related cases, including Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954); Epperson v. Arkansas (1968); and Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982); education/student issues such as the free speech rights of students; the Establishment Clause and its impact on teaching creationism and evolution; public school funding for the children of illegal immigrants; and the rights of pregnant teens under Title IX; personal stories of teens involved in education cases, including student journalists speaking about the need for more First Amendment rights for students and the daughter of a plaintiff in the historic Brown decision.; This timely new series from Greenhaven Press examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of American teens. Many of the volumes cover rights guaranteed under the Bill of Rights and how these rights are interpreted and protected in regard to children and teens. The scope of the series also encompasses additional rights or freedoms, relating to both school and home environments. Teen Rights and Freedoms supports student assignments relating to government, politics, political science, history, law, psychology, and other social sciences. Each volume focuses on a different right or freedom and offers an anthology of key essays and articles on that right or freedom and the accompanying responsibilities. Material is drawn from a diverse selection of primary and secondary sources – journals, magazines, newspapers, nonfiction books, newsletters, position papers, speeches and government documents, with particular emphasis on Supreme Court and other court decisions. Each volume includes a list of organizations, a bibliography, and a subject index.