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David Schimmel
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Website : SAGE Publications

BIOGRAPHY

Professor Emeritus, College of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Coauthor of Principals Teaching the Law and others. His contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Education Law (2008) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (2)
Goss v. Lopez
Goss v. Lopez, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 1975, ruled that, under the Fourteenth Amendment’s due process clause, public-school students facing suspensions are entitled to notice and a hearing. The case centred on Dwight Lopez and eight other students from various public…
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Publications (2)
Principals Teaching the Law 10 Legal Lessons Your Teachers Must Know
Principals Teaching the Law 10 Legal Lessons Your Teachers Must Know (August 2010)
By David Schimmel, Suzanne Eckes, Matthew Militello
A recent national survey revealed that most teachers have taken no courses in school law and expect their headteachers to advise them on the legal aspects of education. The survey also indicated that the majority are uninformed or misinformed about the rights of students and teachers.

Tackling the most common legal issues facing schools today, this book equips school leaders with a professional development curriculum for effectively training staff on education law and other critical topics that...

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Encyclopedia of Education Law
Encyclopedia of Education Law (June 2008)
By Charles J. Russo

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009

"A welcome addition to any public or academic library, this set would also be of use in a law library where educational law might need to be explored and reviewed at a more basic level than other legal texts."
—Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Queensborough Community Coll., Bayside, NY

"Smaller educational legal summaries exist, and a couple of texts deal with Supreme Court cases about education, but this set provides a unique combination...

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