Volume 2009

VOLUME 2009
THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
CHILDLAW AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE FORUM

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The Limits of Public Education

 

1. Amy McCarthy	An Endorsement of Charter School Education
2. Conor Fleming	Regulating Home Schooling: Can We Protect Children From Their Parents' Martyrdom?

 

The Right to an Education and the Equitable Distribution of Educational Resources

 

3. Kim Kocek	The Aftermath of San Antonio v. Rodriguez: Arguments in Favor of a Fundamental Right to a Minimally Adequate Education in the 21st Century
4. Melissa Kelley	Equal Footing Requires Action Before Their First Step
5. Margaret Egan	Mind the Gap: Reforming the Illinois Education Funding Formula

 

Federal Standards and Testing

 

6. Megan Malone	A Call for Action: Revamping Standardized Testing to Grant Children Their Fundamental Right to a Fair and Equitable Education
7. Bradley R.     Gabriel	The No Child Left Behind Act: The Making and Remediating of Education and National Unity

 

Religion and Public Education

 

8. Amanda McBride	At the Right Hand of Our Fathers: Religion's Place in Today's Public School Classrooms
9. Mona Elgindy	The End of an Era to Keep Religious Identity Out of Public Schools
10. Lauren Rafferty	School Vouchers After President Obama
11. Dominique       LeVert	Embracing Religious Institutions Operating Charter Schools

 

The Rights and Responsibilities of Students

 

12. Kathleen       Herbster	Sticks and Stones: Student Speech in the Internet Era
13. Michael Baniak	Student Internet Speech and the First Amendment in the Age of My Space and Facebook
14. Simon Hotz	Campus Gun Control: Historical Bases for Second Amendment Rights and the Suggestive Force of a School's First Amendment Restrictions
15. Jeanine Oury	Strip Searches Strip Good Schools of Their Titles
16. Tchedly Desire

 

Racial and Gender Equality in Educational Institutions

 

17. Amy       Hammerman	Diversity in Lower Education as a Compelling Governmental Interest
18. Noah Hurwitz	Analyzing Kennedy's Race Proxies in the Courts and in the Classroom
19. Elizabeth       Nelson	Integrating Schools Post-PICS
20. Aaron       Siebert-Llera	Self-Identity and Private Schooling: The Detrimental Effects of Public Schools on the Formation of Muslin-American Self-Identity
21. Michael       Kravtsov	Tracking is Inherently Unequal
22. Lauren Engel	‌
23. Eileen       Flaherty	Single Sex Education in Elementary and Secondary Public Schools
24. Jacqueline       Schultz	Diversity in Michigan Public Universities after Grutter, Gratz, and the MCRI
25. Jonathan       Reischl	Taking Thomas Seriously: Using the Stigma of Affirmative Action to Advance Wholesale Education Reform

 

Students With Educational Disabilities

 

26. Mia L. Kern	The Cost of a Free Appropriate Public Education: Autism in Albuquerque
27. Caitlin       Fitzgerald	McKay Vouchers v. the IDEA: School Choice and the Future of Special Education
28. Megan       Morrissey	The Transition of Children With Disabilities from the Public School System
29. Lauren Kraus	The Impact of No Child Left Behind on IDEA's Guarantee of Free Appropriate Public Education for Students with Disabilities: A Critical Review of Recent Case Law
30. Christy Sicher	Children Left Behind: Conflicting Special Education Legislation and Their Affect on the Increase of Children with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System
31. Meg Helder	A New Standard for Educating Children with Disabilities: How does Rowley Align with the Current Requirements of IDEA?

 

The Rights and Responsibilities of Teachers

 

32. Emily DeYoe	Alternative Teacher Certification
33. Michele Roulbot	Teacher Tenure: A Life Sentence for Kids
34. Megan Gordon	How to Make Traditional Tenure Systems More Flexible and Effective While Still Providing Professors with the Protections they Deserve
35. Bree Williams	New York City Rubber Rooms: The Legality of Temporary Reassignment Centers in the Context of Tenured Teachers' Due Process Rights
36. Nadia Aslam	School Liability in Cases of Peer Harassment

 

The Educational Environment

 

37. Ann Fenton

Growing Trends: School-Based Community Gardens as a Grassroots Response to Childhood Obesity