Deck 22: Educational Law

Question 1

A new area of legal liability, in which teachers and schools can be sued for failing to teach or for misclassifying students is called

A)in loco parentis.
B)academic freedom.
C)due process.
D)educational malpractice.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What have the courts ruled is the test for limiting students' freedom of expression in the schools?

Answer 2

whether the expression "materially disrupts class work or involves substantial disorder or invasion of the rights of others.

Question 3

The courts have ruled that the level of reasonable care that a teacher much exhibit depends on all of the following EXCEPT.

A)experience of the teacher.
B)age of the students.
C)experience of the students.
D)level of potential danger.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Teachers' right to free speech allows them to

A)campaign for candidates during the school day and in school communications to students' families.
B)comment, outside of school, on issues of public concern.
C)reveal confidential information about the school district.
D)do all of these.

Question 5

What does the doctrine of fair use cover?

Question 6

Which amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees an individual's right to "due process of the law"?

A)First
B)Fifth
C)Fourteenth
D)Sixteenth

Question 7

When defending themselves from the possibility of physical harm from students, the law allows teachers to use only

A)reasonable care.
B)reasoning and logic.
C)reasonable force.
D)reasonable retaliation.

Question 8

The U.S.Constitution protects students' rights to an education as property that cannot be taken away without

A)due process of law.
B)reasonable force.
C)academic harassment.
D)freedom abuse.

Question 9

FERPA, the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, also known as the Buckley Amendment, allows student records to be viewed by

A)students and their parents or guardians.
B)school personnel, if viewed for academic purposes.
C)others outside the school, if students or their families grant permission.
D)all of these.

Question 10

What are a teacher's legal responsibilities in cases of a threat from a student to do harm to the student or to others?