Chapter 11

School Law and Ethics

MATCHING QUESTIONS I

Match the description in column B with the term in column A.

	Column A	Column B
____	1. misfeasance	a. freedom to teach without censorship
____	2. malfeasance	b. physical punishment
____	3. nonfeasance	c. required under Gun-Free Schools Act for schools to receive federal funds
____	4. fair use	d. direct teaching of a code of values
____	5. zero-tolerance policy	e. intentional behavior that is illegal and even harmful
____	6. cumulative effect	f. a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment
____	7. corporal punishment	g. failure to perform a duty
____	8. due process	h. punishment without physical ramifications
____	9. academic freedom	i. malpractice committed by school doctors
____	10. traditional inculcation	j. legal principle allowing limited use of copyrighted materials
		k. performance of a legal action in an improper or even illegal manner
		l. limits the number of works that can be reproduced even when criteria of brevity and spontaneity are met

MATCHING QUESTIONS II: COURT CASES AND FEDERAL LAW

Match the decision or description in column B with the court case, legislation, or principle in column A.

	Column A	Column B
____	11. Wallace v. Jaffree	a. students were permitted to wear armbands in school, as long as there was no substantial disruption
____	12. Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools	b. established a three-part test to determine whether a law violates the establishment clause
____	13. Title IX	c. the school’s responsibility under this principle may be claimed as justification for locker searches
____	14. in loco parentis	d. school boards do not have the authority to remove books from a school library based merely on their distaste for the books
____	15. Goss v. Lopez	e. students have the right to due process, which includes being presented with charges, before they can be suspended from school
____	16. Buckley Amendment	f. victims of sexual harassment may sue for monetary damages under Title IX
____	17. Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District	g. teachers cannot be compelled to list all organizations they have belonged to or contributed to
____	18. Lemon v. Kurtzman	h. school authorities can punish students by paddling. Paddling does not necessarily deprive students of their due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment
____	19. establishment clause	i. prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs receiving federal funds
____	20. Ingraham v. Wright	j. Family Rights and Privacy Act
		k. First Amendment principle prohibiting the state from sponsoring (or discouraging) religion
		l. a nondenominational, voluntary prayer in public schools violates the establishment clause and is unconstitutional

answers

Definitions

Supply a brief description of each educational term or individual.

a. misfeasance

b. First Amendment

c. educational malpractice

d. “fair use” of copyrighted materials

e. in loco parentis

f. Buckley Amendment

g. sexual harassment

h. moral stages of development

i. Carol Gilligan

j. values clarification

SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Briefly describe the ways the following influence school law: the U.S. Constitution; federal laws; state and local laws; the courts.

2. You are preparing for an interview for a teaching job. What is the interviewer prohibited from asking you? What can you do if the interviewer does ask you for some of that information?

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