Your learning objectives:
- Explain the intersection of law and education
- Discuss how educational law and policy impacts your day-to-day work in education
- Evaluate the leadership challenges to the implementation of changes in educational law
Read:
Chapter 1: Introduction (p. 1 – 8)
Palestini, R. H., & Palestini, K. F. (2012). Law and American Education: A Case Brief Approach (Vol. 3rd ed). Lanham, Md: R&L Education.
Chapter 7: Higher Education Rulemaking Context (p. 111 – 129)
Natow, R. S. (2017). Higher Education Rulemaking: The Politics of Creating Regulatory Policy. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
U.S. Department of Education. Every Student Succeeds Act. Retrieved from https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=policy
U.S. Department of Education. Higher Education Opportunity Act. Retrieved from https://www2.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea08/index.html
Use the readings to write a 3- to 5-page paper that includes the following components:
- Discuss the intersection between law and education in the United States
- Explain how the following impacts your day-to-day practice:
- PK-12 Concentration students: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
- Higher Education Concentration students: Higher Education Opportunity Act
- What school site, district or campus-based protocols or administrative leadership are required to comply with the policy?
- Why is this important? Explain.
- How does your own knowledge of the educational law impact your day-to-day practice?
- What are the challenges to effective implementation (write from a leadership perspective) of law or policy?
Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be assessed on the following criteria:
Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length excluding the title page and reference page.
Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way.
Critical thinking/Application to professional practice: Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem and viewpoints. Assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated thoroughly. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice.
Scholarly writing: Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience.
Quality of references and organization: Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, and convey understanding of the topic and shape the work.
Citing sources: Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations or sources and properly uses APA format including a full reference list.
Timeliness/Professionalism: Demonstrates excellence in taking responsibility for learning, adhering to the course requirement policies and expectations. Assignment submitted on time or collaborated with professor for an approved extension on due date.
