The Palgrave Handbook of Education Law for Schools

SECTION I. The Need for Legal Literacy by School Principals and Educational LeadersChapter 1. The need for an understanding of Education Law Principles by School PrincipalsChapter 2. Education Law, schools and school principals: What does the research tell us?Chapter 3. Educational Negligence: Is it a viable cause of action?Chapter 4. Risk and Responsibility: liability of school authorities for harm to pupilsChapter 5. Child Protection for Educators and Principals: A Moral and Legal ObligationChapter 6. Education, Ethics and the Law: Examining the Legal Consequences of Unethical JudgmentChapter 7. Education administrators in Wonderland: Figuring out policy-making and regulatory compliance when making decisionsChapter 8. TQM's impact on the legal apparatus: Informing and directing compliance practicesChapter 9. Articulating the idea of the professional teacher: beyond technocratic complianceChapter 10. Meeting the challenges facing religious schools - An Australian perspectiveChapter 11. Translating Theory to Practice for Principals Working within Inclusive Education PolicySECTION II. Inclusive Schooling and the Impacts of Disability Discrimination LegislationChapter 12. Towards Inclusive Schools: The impact of the DDA and DSE on Inclusion Participation and Exclusion in AustraliaChapter 13. Education of Students with Disabilities as a result of Equal Opportunity LegislationChapter 14. Reasonable Adjustment in Assessment - the Australian ExperienceChapter 15. Student voice and educational adjustmentsChapter 16. The Inclusion and Exclusion of Students with Disability Related Problem Behaviour in Mainstream Australian SchoolsChapter 17. Youth transitioning from juvenile justice settings back into school: Leadership perspectivesChapter 18. Legal and Ethical Considerations regarding the Integration of Assistive and Educational Technology for Students with Disabilities: Perspectives from the United States of AmericaChapter 19. A long journey: disability and inclusive

Karen Trimmer is Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Her research interests also include decision-making by school principals; policy and governance; social justice impacts of policy; Indigenous participation in higher education; and quantitative methods.
Roselyn Dixon is Senior Lecturer in Special Education at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research interests include the implementation of digital technologies for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and positive behavioural interventions for students with challenging behaviour.

Yvonne S. Findlay is Lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. She has over 40 years of experience in education in both the UK and Australia. Her research interests focus on narrative inquiry as both methodology and method and time spent as a police constable in Strathclyde Police, based in the Glasgow area, convinced Yvonne that there is a need for school administrators and classroom teachers to be made aware of their legal obligations in all aspects of school life.