Louis fischer's memorable biography of mahatma gandhi, the man who led the fight for indian independence from british rule, is reissued in time for the 50th anniversary of both india's independence and gandhi's assassination by a hindu fanatic only a few months after freedom from colonial rule was won. Fischer was an american journalist who knew gandhi well and understood his unique strategy of satyagraha, or passive resistance, which earned him the admiration of millions throughout the world.

Life of Mahatma Gandhi, The [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2006] Fischer, Louis

FISCHER, Louis

Biographies & Memoirs

Harpercollins

Life of Mahatma Gandhi

Historical

Macmillan Pub. Co.

The road to Yalta: Soviet foreign relations, 1941-1945

Harper&Row

This book discusses the civil rights of students and teachers in relation to such topics as racial discrimination, free speech, and personal appearance.

The Rights of Students and Teachers

Rules & Procedures

Harpercollins College Div

Attempts to clarify for the western reader the complex personality of India's great political and spiritual leader

The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

A comprehensive and user-friendly guide to school law with a wholly unique question-and-answer format. Written in a user-friendly question-and-answer format that engages and encourages readers, the new eighth edition of Teachers and the Law offers future educators a thorough and wide-ranging understanding of United States public school law. Eliminating technical and intimidating legal speak in favor of clear and simple explanations, this comprehensive school law text provides school professions with the knowledge and tools they need to both understand legal issues as they arise and to practice preventive law regardless of their legal background. Blending the use of straightforward and easy-to-understand prose with real-life examples and case studies, Teachers and the Law is a vital reference for those who are likely to face pressing school law questions in their coming careers as educators. The newest edition of this text highlights current trends and decisions in the most recent areas of school law. New topics include teachers’ controversial postings on the internet, the Teacher Liability Protection Act, peer sexual harassment, disciplining students for cyber-bullying, recent restrictions on teachers’ academic freedom and personal life, protections for gay and lesbian students, and for students’ freedom of religious and political expression. The eighth edition also explains changes in affirmative action decisions, special education, and the likely changes in the No Child Left Behind law. In addition, the most current edition divides the topic of freedom of expression into two chapters to give readers an expanded understanding of this increasingly controversial topic for both teachers and students.

Teachers and the Law (8th Edition)

Schimmel, David

Stellman, Leslie R.

Pearson

Future teachers and administrators and current school professionals get a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to critical school law topics and issues in this widely popular book. Using a unique question and answer format based on real cases from school districts throughout the country, the authors provide a thorough, wide-ranging understanding of public school law in the United States today. The clear, jargon-free writing style is ideal for readers without a strong legal background, as it eliminates technical and intimidating legal speak in favor of clear, simple explanations. The new edition of Teachers and the Law covers topics of concern today including the rights of transgender students, procedural versus substantive due process, charter schools and vouchers, students’ privacy rights when using computer, and the federal laws affecting disabled students, and includes a discussion of a recent affirmative action case.

Teachers and the Law (Allyn & Bacon Educational Leadership)

Stellman, Leslie

Conlon, Cynthia

Specialties

   This title is only available as a loose-leaf version with Pearson eText.    Future teachers and administrators and current school professionals get a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to critical school law topics and issues in this widely popular book. Using a unique question and answer format based on real cases from school districts throughout the country, the authors provide a thorough, wide-ranging understanding of public school law in the United States today. The clear, jargon-free writing style is ideal for readers without a strong legal background, as it eliminates technical and intimidating legal speak in favor of clear, simple explanations. The new edition of Teachers and the Law covers topics of concern today including the rights of transgender students, procedural versus substantive due process, charter schools and vouchers, students’ privacy rights when using computer, and the federal laws affecting disabled students, and includes a discussion of a recent affirmative action case.   0133833593 / 9780133833591 Teachers and the Law, Loose-Leaf Version with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package  Package consists of:    0133564460 / 9780133564464 Teachers and the Law, Loose-Leaf Version  0133827607 / 9780133827606 Teachers and the Law, Pearson eText -- Access Card  

Teachers and the Law

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Pearson College Div

A comprehensive and user-friendly guide to school law, this text offers future educators a thorough and wide-ranging understanding of United States public school law.

Teachers and the Law (10th Edition)

Do teachers have a right to dress as they wish? Can Social Studies Teachers be prohibited from discussing controversial issues? When can copyrighted works be copied without permission? If you’ve ever pondered these or other questions of law, you need to know the right answers! In School Law: What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide, David Schimmel, Louis Fischer, and Leslie Stellman demystify educational law one question at a time and provide clarity to hundreds of topics that affect teachers today—NCLB, Vouchers, School Choice, Discipline, Academic Freedom, Liability for Student Injuries, Due Process, Search and Seizure, Dress and Grooming, to Harassment and Child Abuse—encompassing law established by state and federal statutes, constitutions, and court decisions. The authors offer friendly translations of legal jargon into everyday English, empowering educators to take the law constructively into their own hands and use it as a source of guidance and protection to improve their schools and classrooms. School Law: What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide is a powerful reference every educator can use and is a perfect resource for seminars and courses in Education Foundations, Introduction to Educational Psychology, School Counseling, Field Experience, Student Teaching Practicum, and Classroom Management, where knowledge of core legal concepts is important. Make the law work for you… “With its question/answer format, [this] book provides a general overview of how the legal system applies to the practice of education, considering many questions one might not think to ask.” —Meghan M. Reilly, Andover High School, Andover, MA “There is an excellent balance of legal citations in contrast with specific examples that almost every instructor can relate to in their experience as a classroom teacher.” —Thomas J. Little Jr., Kokomo-Center Schools, Kokomo, IN

School Law: What Every Educator Should Know, A User-Friendly Guide

Higher & Continuing Education

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