Choose a case from this week’s readings or choose one of your own that relates to this week’s topics that would be relevant in our classrooms today. Summarize the complaint and verdict and then explain how it would be useful for today’s teachers to be aware of it.
Guided Response: Choose two peers to respond to. Find one scholarly source or education reference that would support their response. Explain why this resource would further your peers’ posts.
READINGS-
Lecture – Teacher Rights and Employment
Essex: Ch. 10, 2
Supreme Court Ruling Delivers a Sharp Blow to Labor Unions (NY Times)
Teachers’ Rights: Tenure and Dismissal (Findlaw.com)
Supreme Court Lets Stand the Dismissal of a Teachers’ First Amendment Suit (legaldigest.com)
Court Sides with Oregon Principal in Teacher Misconduct Case (US News)
Court Turns Away Teacher’s Facebook Comments Amid ‘Grave Concerns’ About Free Speech Rights (Law.com)
Here are the Reasons Why 76 Teachers lost their N.J. Licenses Last Year (New Jersey, 2018)
Length: At least 200-250 words, not including references
