Law and Ethics in Educational Leadership

Professor David L. Stader currently serves as Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Before coming into higher education, David spent nineteen years as a high school principal in Missouri. His primary research interest considers how changes in law and society influence the decision-making of campus leaders. He is the author of two recent textbooks entitled Law and Ethics in Educational Leadership published by Allyn & Bacon in 2007 and A Leaders Guide for Safe Schools, published by Christopher-Gordon Publishers in 2011. In addition, David has published numerous articles specifically related to his primary research interest. Professor Stader holds an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.   

CHAPTER 1: The Importance of Ethical and Legal Decision Making
CHAPTER 2: Legal Bodies Governing Education
CHAPTER 3: Education, Religion, and Community Values
CHAPTER 4: Student Privacy and First Amendment Rights
CHAPTER 5: Due Process and Safe Schools
CHAPTER 6: Student Search
CHAPTER 7: Equal Protection
CHAPTER 8: Children with Disabilities
CHAPTER 9: Tort Liability
CHAPTER 10: Teacher Employment, Supervision, and Collective Bargaining 
CHAPTER 11: Teacher Constitutional Law
CHAPTER 12: Computers and the Internet
CHAPTER 13: Law, Ethics, and Educational Leadership: Making the Connection
APPENDIX A: Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America
GLOSSARY
INDEX