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Application Exercise 8.1: A Teacher’s Use of the ―N‖ Word in Class
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Application Exercise 10.3: Prohibited Speech by Teachers in
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Application Exercise 12.1: Impact of Segregation on Black Children Applicatio
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Challenges
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Students in Public Schools
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Application Exercise 13.3: Budget Reduction in Public School
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School Law and the Public Schools: A br br br br br br br
Practical Guide for Educational Leaders
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Seventh Edition br
Nathan L. Essex br br
University of Memphis
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Table of Contents br br
Chapter 1: Legal Framework Affecting Public Schools
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Learning Objective Quizzes
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Application Exercise br 7
Test Items
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Test Answer Key
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School Law and the Public Schools A Practical Guide for Educational Leaders, 7th editio
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n Nathan L. Essex
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Chapter 1-13 br Answers are at the end of Each Chapter br br br br br br br
Application Exercises br
to accompany br
School Law And The Public Schools: A Practical Guide for
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Educational Leaders 7th edition br br br
Nathan L. Essex br br
School Law And The Public Schools (7th edition) includes 40 s
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cenario-based Application Exercises. br br
Purpose:
The exercises are designed to advance your students professio
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nal development by taking them into educational settings thro
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ugh authentic scenarios that provide them with significant leg
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al challenges and problems that principals and superintendents
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most likely will encounter during their professional careers.
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Structure:
Each exercise is structured with the following components:
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2. A one or two paragraph overview that establishes the context for the e br br br br br br br br br br br br
xercise
3. A scenario that presents a legal challenge or problem br br br br br br br br
4. A series of higher-order thinking constructed- br br br br br
response questions that prompt students to reflect on how they would deal with the chall
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enge or problem presented br br br
5. A model response for each question (You have the option of inserting th br br br br br br br br br br br br
ese responses into the feedback mechanism in your LMS.)
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Assigning the Exercises: br br
The exercises can be assigned in three or more ways, such as:
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1. Assigning them for homework after a chapter has been covered in c br br br br br br br br br br br
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2. Using them as focal points for small-group discussions br br br br br br br
3. Using them as focal points for whole-class discussions br br br br br br br
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The following is a list of the exercises, by title.
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Chapter 1: br
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, Application Exercise 1.1: A Political School Board Member Makes an Employ
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ment Request
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School Principal
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Students in Public Schools
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Application Exercise 13.3: Budget Reduction in Public School
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Districts
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, Chapter 1 Test br br br
ItemFile br
School Law and the Public Schools: A br br br br br br br
Practical Guide for Educational Leaders
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Seventh Edition br
Nathan L. Essex br br
University of Memphis
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Table of Contents br br
Chapter 1: Legal Framework Affecting Public Schools
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Learning Objective Quizzes
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Application Exercise br 7
Test Items
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Test Answer Key
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