Description
This revised 2026 edition responds to those developments while retaining the book’s original purpose: to examine the intersection of law, education, and public policy in a manner useful to teachers, school administrators, students, lawyers, policymakers, and others involved in education. It substantially updates the discussion of teachers’ professional and employment rights, legal responsibilities, learner protection, relationships within the educational community, and emerging issues in education law.
The book is organized into six chapters. Chapter One establishes the legal and professional framework of teaching. Chapters Two and Three examine public-school and private-school teachers under their respective employment regimes. Chapter Four addresses teachers’ responsibilities and the different forms of legal liability that may arise from professional conduct. Chapter Five considers teachers within the educational community, particularly their relationships with parents, school heads, and colleagues. Chapter Six examines artificial intelligence, academic integrity,
intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity, electronic evidence, digital workload, and other emerging issues affecting the teaching profession.
