Arbitration in the Schools - An Analysis of Fifty-Nine Grievance Arbitration Cases

• NCJ Number: 105324
• Author(s): R Coulson
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 151 pages
• Corporate Author: Canadian Institute for the Admin of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Canadian Institute for the Admin of Justice; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This book presents the circumstances and arbitration decisions of 59 cases that challenge a school's right to discipline a teacher or that determine whether a teacher has a right to a particular benefit.

Abstract

The circumstances of each case are outlined, and the arbitrator's decision and rationale are summarized. Some of the issues addressed in the cases are how a teacher should handle a misbehaving student, whether it is ever appropriate for a teacher to use force on a student, how a teacher should respond to a threatening student, and how schools should deal with situations involving drug use. Other issues addressed in the cases are whether teachers must comply with unfair rules, the< meaning and priority of 'academic freedom,' how public schools should respond to religious demands, and circumstances under which teachers should affirm their rights against the school administration. A 20-item selected bibliography, a statement of the Voluntary Labor Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and a list of the addresses and phone numbers of American Arbitration Association regional offices.