The essential handbook to the educational rights and responsibilities of all parentsAt once a legal reference and a hands-on action planner, School Rights is the one book any parent who is concerned about a child's education must have.School Rights tackles the difficult issues parents face every day, from teacher competence to curriculum revisions. Beginning the moment a child gets on the bus to the moment she leaves school grounds, the book explores the historical and legal background in such key areas as school bus safety, homeschooling, special needs, and facilities, as well as some of the hot topics in education today, such as religion in school, violence, school choice, hazing, and bilingual education.Using case studies and actual lawsuits, School Rights takes readers through these major issues, explaining every parent's rights and responsibilities. In each category, specific problems are discussed and step-by-step solutions are recommended, from where to begin ('First call the principal') to how to take more action ('Get a group of parents together.'.). The authors have consulted leading educational and parents' rights experts across the country to provide readers with the most sensible and easy-to-follow guidelines to some very common problems.

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Title: School Rights: A Parent's Legal Handbook And Action Guide
Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0020758901
ISBN 13: 9780020758907
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Collectible-Very Good
Weight: 550 grams

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In one complete book, School Rights explains what your legal rights are in some of the major issues in education - teachers, testing, and curriculum - as well as some of the more controversial topics being discussed today, like school prayer, violence, home-schooling, and bilingual education.
Education experts stress that only by becoming active in your child's schooling can you make it better. And by drawing on the case studies and actual lawsuits that helped shape the American education system, School Rights shows how you can play a large role in its improvements. Here are step-by-step guidelines to approach any situation, including when to meet the principal, what to present to the school board, and how to set up a PTA subcommittee.

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The experience of being the parent or guardian of a child attending public school can be overwhelming. Whether you are dealing with an incompetent teacher, beginning (or ending) a school condom distribution program, or meeting the principal, it is helpful to know your rights. It's also helpful to have suggestions about what may or may not work in certain situations. Tom Condon and Patricia Wolff's School Rights: A Parent's Legal Handbook and Action Guide explains your legal rights in public education (testing, teachers, special education, policy, curriculum), stresses that parents needn't be passive, and, best of all, provides direct action plans for parents to follow. This book is designed for parents whose children are in public school, but it may be useful for private school parents as well, especially those whose kids are in need of special education assessment and services.

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