David Schimmel
Contributor
Website : SAGE Publications
Professor Emeritus, College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Coauthor of Principals Teaching the Law and others. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Education Law (2008) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (2)
Goss v. Lopez, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1975, ruled that, under the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause, public-school students facing suspensions are entitled to notice and a hearing. The case centred on Dwight Lopez and eight other students from various public…
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Publications (2)
Principals Teaching the Law: 10 Legal Lessons Your Teachers Must Know (August 2010)
Ensure your staff understands the most important principles of school law!Research shows that most teachers are uninformed or misinformed about the rights of students and teachers and expect their principals to advise them. This book equips school leaders with a professional development curriculum for training teachers on legal topics that affect their everyday work. Organized into 10 ready-made lessons, this resource includes: One-hour sessions on critical topics such as student discipline,...
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Encyclopedia of Education Law (2 Volume) (June 2008)
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009"A welcome addition to any public or academic library, this set would also be of use in a law library where educational law might need to be explored and reviewed at a more basic level than other legal texts."―Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Queensborough Community Coll., Bayside, NY"Smaller educational legal summaries exist, and a couple of texts deal with Supreme Court cases about education, but this set provides a unique combination of general...
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