Todd A. Demitchell

Legal and Policy Challenges of Student Dress and Grooming Codes

Balancing Rights and Responsibilities

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

DeMitchell explores the case law and policies of this persistent and ever-evolving problem in their latest volume on legal issues in public schools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781475874426
• ISBN-10: 1475874421
• Artikelnr.: 69640053

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

K-12 Education Announcement
Preface: An Update on Student Rights and School Responsibilities
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1: What to Wear to School? Student Choice and School Restrictions:
The Controversy
Chapter 2: The First Amendment: Student Appearance and Expressive Conduct
Chapter 3: The Clothes are the Message
Chapter 4: Symbols: The Confederate Battle Flag in the Public Schools
Chapter 5: Targeted Messages on Students' Clothing: Drugs, Firearms, and
Politics
Chapter 6: Clothing Messages About Sex, Abortion, and Sexual Orientation
Chapter 7: Gendered Dress Codes: "Your Skirt is too Short: It is a
Distraction."
Chapter 8: Braids, Locs, and Hairstyles: Grooming Codes
Chapter 9: School Uniforms: The Mandated Appearance
Chapter 10: Policy Implications of Student Dress and Grooming Codes:
Balancing Rights and Responsibilities
Appendix A Example Dress Code
Appendix B Example of Gender Neutral Dress Code
About the Author