Raising a Cautionary Flag: Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher - Couverture rigide

DeMitchell, Todd A.; Fossey, Richard; DeMitchell, Terri A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1475866755 ISBN 13 : 9781475866759

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022

Synopsis

Nearly 50 years ago a California court heard a complaint from a recent high school graduate who alleged that he could not read at a level that would allow him to apply for, let alone hold, a meaningful job. He asserted that the public school district was negligent and that his prospects for a productive life were diminished by their negligence. The court disagreed and educational malpractice was cast outside the schoolhouse gate and an educational malpractice wall was erected.

In sum, both federal and state courts have constructed a sturdy wall against the recognition of educational malpractice lawsuits. However, recent advances in research on instruction, statistical analyses that some have argued can identify substandard teaching, may have cracked the wall. Thus, confluence of events may lead to demolishing the educational malpractice wall constructed over the past half century.

The authors of Raising a Cautionary Flag: Educational Malpractice and the Professional Teacher, explore the judicial reticence to recognize educational malpractice as a viable tort of negligence. They review the concept of what constitutes a professional, what is malpractice and how is it related to the professional malpractice of physicians and attorneys, and the potential responses to education malpractice. They conclude by raising a cautionary flag about breaching the judicial wall.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Todd A. DeMitchell served as a teacher, principal, and superintendent for 18 years in the public schools before joining the faculty at the University of New Hampshire where he is currently Professor Emeritus of Education Law & Labor. He was the John & H. Irene Peters Endowed Professor of Education, the Lamberton Endowed Professor of Justice Studies, and was named Distinguished University Professor.

Kris Gritter has published over twenty peer-reviewed articles and chapters about adolescent literacy and is the award-winning editor of a column in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Gritter is a professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Seattle Pacific University in Washington state.

Terri A. DeMitchell is a former elementary school teacher, school law attorney (California), and university instructor in literacy. She is the author of award-winning historical novels and mysteries for young adult and middle grade readers and regularly publishes papers on legal issues affecting the teaching profession.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1475866755
• ISBN 13: 9781475866759
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 226
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible