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Charles J. Russo, M. Div., J.D., Ed. D., is the Joseph Panzer Chair in Education in the School of Education and Health Sciences, Director of its Ph.D. Program, and Research Professor of Law in the School of Law at the University of Dayton. Author or co-author more than 280 articles in peer-reviewed journals; authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited more than 60 books, and more than 1,000 publications, Russo speaks extensively on issues in Education Law in the United States and other Nations.
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Overview of this Volume
Conclusion
Chapter 1: Australia
Introduction
Australian Legal System and Sources of Education Law
Institutional Issues
Teacher Rights and Duties
Student Rights and Duties
Emerging Issue
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Malaysia
Introduction
Legal and Constitutional Sources of Education Law
Institutional Issues
Teacher Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Conclusion
Chapter 3: New Zealand-Aotearoa
Introduction
The Sources of Education Law: Historical Development of Compulsory
Attendance in a Bicultural Nation
The Right to Education and The State’s Responsibility
Education for Children with Special Needs
The Right to Education in a Safe Environment:
Secular Education - Freedom of Religion and Freedom from Religion
Rights in Education
School Discipline: Exclusionary Measures
Teachers’ Employment and Rights
Current and Emerging Issues Facing Schools
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Singapore
Introduction
Sources of Education Law
Institutional Issues
Faculty Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Summary and Recommendations
Introduction
Summary and Analysis
Legal Systems
Institutional Issues
Faculty Rights
Student Rights
Emerging Issues
Recommendations
Conclusion
About the Editor
About the Contributors
For the past three decades, Charlie Russo has traveled the world offering an American perspective on education law and developing an encyclopedic knowledge of the countries he visited. With this multi-volume collection, Charlie and contributors draw on local experts to present one of the most comprehensive overviews of the education law throughout the globe. For those lawyers and educational policy makers who wish to learn from the experience of other nations, this collection is indispensable.
— William E. Thro, Associate Professor of Constitutional Studies, Christopher Newport University
In this first book of its kind, Russo and contributors examines the legal issues in education that impact teachers and students in Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore. It also analyzes other emerging topics related to safety and technology. Together, the education law systems in these five nations allow for interesting analyses with a hope to enhance a common understanding of the status of K-12 education throughout the world.
— Suzanne Eckes, JD, PhD, Susan S. Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy and Practice, Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Former President, Education Law Association