EDAD 6510 - Seminar in Advanced Education Law

3 hours

Builds on the content of the prerequisite course by focusing on legal and policy issues of particular concern to top-level educational policymakers and administrators. Topics include such controversial and complex issues as the role of the state in education, parental rights, school choice and vouchers, privatization, religion on campus, school desegregation and integration, and legal liability for constitutional wrongs. Topics vary, depending upon the current school reform agenda. Underlying concerns that drive the development of legal mandates in schooling are explored.

Prerequisite(s): EDAD 5390 or equivalent.