PEARSON CHAPTER 7 EDUCATION AND SCHOOL LAW



PEARSON CHAPTER 7 EDUCATION AND SCHOOL LAW

DECISION 7. Write either YES or NO in the blanks provided:

______1. Three amendments to the Constitution have a great influence on educational practice.

______2. The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution states that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion [known as “The Establishment Clause”], or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or the right of people to peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for redress of grievances.

______3. The Fourteenth Amendment provides citizens with basic privacy and security rights.

______4. The First Amendment states: “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; or deny in any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.

______5. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that any agency receiving federal money cannot exclude from participation or deny any benefits to an employee based on race, color, or national origin.

______6. The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution rejects the power of the states to provide education for all its citizens and requires the Federal government to do so.

______7. The Education Amendment, Title IX of 1972, states that no person in the United States can be discriminated against or denied the benefits of any federally funded activity or program based on their sex (male or female).

______8. In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which requires that all federally funded educational institutions make accommodations for and ensure the unequal treatment and education of children with all disabilities.

______9. In Engle v. Vitale (1962), the Court ruled that public school officials could not require pupils to recite a state-composed prayer at the start of each school day even if the prayer was nondenominational and pupils who so desired could be excused from reciting it.

_____10. In Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1967), the Court identified six areas in which progress toward desegregation is tested.

_____11. In Pickering v. Board of Education (1968), the Court ruled that a teacher could be dismissed for speaking as a citizen on matters of public concern.

_____12. In Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), the Court ruled that involuntary busing was not a legitimate means of achieving school integration.

_____13. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1954), the Court ruled that state-sanctioned segregation in public schools violated the equal protection of the Fourteenth Amendment.

_____14. Known as the “Lemon Test” [Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)], the Court devised a three-part test that is used in considering whether government violates the establishment clause.

_____15. In Abbington School District v. Schempp (1963), the Court ruled unconstitutional a Pennsylvania law requiring daily recitations of Bible verses and the Lord’s Prayer in public school classrooms. The Court said any practice that advances or inhibits a religion is unconstitutional.

_____16. In Wallace v. Jaffree (1985), the Court ruled unconstitutional an Alabama law authorizing a daily moment of silence in public schools for “meditation or voluntary prayer.”

_____17. In Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000), the Court ruled that student-led prayer at public high school football games was not an unconstitutional establishment of religion.

_____18. In Edwards v. Aguillard (1987), the Court said that a state cannot require that schools teach the biblical version of creation.

_____19. In Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002), the Court ruled in June, 2002, that vouchers for religious schools in Cleveland, Ohio, were unconstitutional and violate the separation of church and state.

_____20. One of the issues at the heart of school finance problems is the equitable distribution of money among affluent districts (usually suburban districts) and less affluent districts (usually inner-city districts).

_____21. The expression “in loco parentis” refers to “in the place of parents” (one of the roles of teachers.)

_____22. A Tort liability is a civil law upholding and supporting the rights of others.

_____23. There are three kinds of torts: negligence, intentional, and strict.

_____24. Intentional tart is unacceptable conduct or care that results in the injury of another person.

_____25. There are four types of abuse with physical and behavioral signs: Physical, Emotional, Sexual, and Neglect.

_____26. GLSTN organization of teachers (1990) stands for Geography, Literacy, Social Studies Teachers Network.

_____27. Among the legal rights of teachers relating to discrimination are “Pregnancy laws” where it is discriminatory to make pregnant teachers take mandatory pregnancy leaves at fixed periods before and after giving birth [Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleur (1977)].

ANSWER KEY – 200 DECISION 7

YES 1.

NO 2. The FIRST AMENDMENT not the FOURTH

NO 3. The FOURTH AMENDMENT not the FORTEENTH

NO 4. The FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT not the FIRST

YES 5.

NO 6. PROTECTS not rejects; does not require the Federal government to do so.

YES 7.

NO 8. EQUAL treatment…. Not UNEQUAL

YES 9.

YES 10.

NO 11. COULD NOT be dismissed….

NO 12. WAS A LEGITIMATE…..not WAS NOT…..

NO 13. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) not Plessy v. Ferguson(1896)

YES 14.

YES 15.

YES 16.

NO 17. IS AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL ESTABLISH OF RELIGION not “was not”

YES 18.

NO 19. ..ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND DO NOT VIOLATE THE SEPARATION…

YES 20.

YES 21.

NO 22. A CIVIL WRONG AGAINST THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS not supporting…

YES 23.

NO 24. NEGLIGENCE not INTENTIONAL TORT

YES 25.

NO 26. Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network…not Geography, Literacy..etc.

YES 27.

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