Volume 2012

VOLUME 2012
THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
CHILDLAW AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE FORUM

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1. The Successes and Failures of the Chicago School District's Processes of Firing Tenured Teachers
   by: Joey Axelrod
   
   
2. The Mismatch Effect: Fact or Fiction
   by: Theresa L. Berousek
   
   
3. The Real Harm of Bullying & the Court's Failure to Protect Victims
   by: Rebecca Blabolil
   
   
4. Residential Segregation and School Resegregation in America
   by: John Cicchetti
   
   
5. Teacher Tenure Reform: It's Here, for Better or Worse
   by: Nimmi Cleve
   
   
6. Fund-amental Disparities: Illinois Education Financing and the Need for Reform
   by: Leslie Cornell
   
   
7. A Return to the Scopes Monkey Trial? A Look at the Application of the Establishment Clause to the Newest Tennessee Science Curriculum Law
   by: Brette Davis
   
   
8. Education and No Child Left Behind in Juvenile Detention Centers
   by: Margaret M. Davis
   
   
9. Victims with No Access to the Courts: Why Liability Should Be Imposed on School Districts for Bullying
   by: Katelyn Deady
   
   
10. Parental Rights, State Responsibility & School Vouchers: The Potential in Chicago
    by: Jennifer Denny
    
    
11. The Uncertainty of Denying Cert: Why No Answer Was the Wrong Answer When It Comes to Student Internet Speech
    by: David K. Duffey
    
    
12. Beyond the Schoolhouse Gates: Regulating Off-Campus Speech
    by: Britany Fijolek
    
    
13. The Reformer: The Driver of Effective Change in Urban School Districts
    by: Aleah Gathings
    
    
14. Teachers Unions in America: Are They Helping or Hurting Our Education System?
    by: Karla Guerrero
    
    
15. From Desegregation to Overrepresentation: The Damaging Effects of Nationally Standardized Assessments and Missidentification of Black Students as Disabled
    by: Ashley Heard
    
    
16. The Journey to Becoming a Latina Lawyer
    by: Regina Hernandez and Lisbet Ballón
    
    
17. Improving Measures of "Highly Qualified" Teaching: The Weaknesses of the NCLB Paradigm and the Importance of Multiple Methods of Evaluation
    by: Katherine Hinkle
    
    
18. The Application of the 14th Amendment Procedural Due Process in Disciplinary Cases at Private and Public Universities
    by: Christopher Jordan
    
    
19. A True Marketplace of Ideas: Why Designing the Ideal Curriculum Depends on Questioning the Right Answer
    by: Ray Kelsey and Edirin Ibru
    
    
20. Learning from Their Mistakes: Education for Children Confined in Adult Facilities
    by: Jamie Knight
    
    
21. On Cultural Diversity in Upper Education
    by: Gabriel Malavolti
    
    
22. School for Sale: Commercialism in the Education System
    by: Catherine J. Merrill
    
    
23. Checking the Box on Racial Classifications: Race Based Admissions Policies in Higher Education
    by: Sunethra Muralidhara
    
    
24. The Value-Added Model and Its Appropriate Place in Evaluating Teachers
    by: Brian Nussbaum
    
    
25. Issues Determining the Least Restrictive Environment for Special Education Students
    by: Kelleen O'Leary
    
    
26. Enough "Tinker-ing" with Precedent: The Time Has Come to Adopt a Uniform Standard Specifically Addressing Off-Campus, Online Student Speech
    by: Meredith Ray
    
    
27. Curbing the Teen Pregnancy and STD Epidemic Through Mandatory Comprehensive Education in Middle and High Schools
    by: Loren G. Renner
    
    
28. From Scopes to Present: An Evaluation of Evolution Curriculum in Public Schools and Tennessee's Latest Attempt to Encourage the Teaching of Intelligent Design
    by: Emily Root
    
    
29. Charter Public Schools: An Unacceptable Alternative
    by: Kaitlin Sheehan
    
    
30. Illinois Teacher Pension Reform: Governor Quinn's Stabilization Plan and the Constitutionality of Reform
    by: Brad Snyder
    
    
31. Time to Define Tinker's "Interference with the Rights of Others" Prong
    by: Jared Steinberg
    
    
32. Miranda Goes to School: The Need to Safeguard Students' Fifth Amendment Rights in School-Based Interrogations
    by: Lynsey Stewart and Laura Knittle
    
    
33. The Use of Race in University Admissions Policies
    by: Brian Stone
    
    
34. Educational Networking: Must Students' Health & Safety Be Compromised to Attain the Benefits of Social Networking in the Classroom?
    by: Michael T. Tien
    
    
35. When Inclusion is Beneficial for Students with Learning Disabilities
    by: Erica Vinson