Spring 2027

Legal Rights and Responsibilities for Teachers

Examines daily legal issues for classroom teachers, focusing on legal analysis to balance competing interests and develop a democratic classroom.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Examine the legal issues confronting an educational professional on a daily basis

  • Learn how the law impacts both curriculum development and curricular delivery

  • Understand legal analysis in order to empower educators to better balance the multiple interests confronting them

  • Understand how the law can further the development of a democratic classroom

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ELPA 640

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2018: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.85 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Curricular control, academic freedom, religion in curriculum, equity, special education, student records, discipline, contracts, negligence
  • Law and the development of a democratic classroom

Skills

  • Legal analysis to balance multiple interests
  • Applying law to curriculum development and delivery

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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