Volume 2013

VOLUME 2013
THE LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
CHILDLAW AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE FORUM

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1. A Bright IDEA: The Need For Congress to Adopt Uniform Guidelines for Determining the Least Restrictive Environment
   by: Tim Bode
   
   
2. Protecting Our Students: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Gang Prevention and Intervention
   by: Kevin Brejcha
   
   
3. Gaining Ground: finding room for political compromise in the research of James Heckman and Charles Murray
   by: William Campbell-Bezat
   
   
4. The Snyder Dissent and Classroom Dynamics: The Unseen Costs of Student Free Speech Rights
   by: Matthew Chimienti
   
   
5. School Shootings: Identifying Traits of Perpetrators & How to Most Effectively Prevent Them
   by: Merrill Davis
   
   
6. The No Child Left Behind Act Leaves Behind ESL Children
   by: Lorena Galvez
   
   
7. Zero Tolerance: Is this the Answer to School Safety?
   by: Jenee Gaskin

8. Education Vouchers!!! or Education Vouchers???
   by: Aisha N. Hurston-Brownlee

9. Danger in the Classroom
   by: Alexandra Johnson
   
   
10. Charter Schools Teachers in America: A better model for education
    by: Glenn Kenna
    
    
11. Misusing Standardized Test Scores to Evaluate Teachers
    by: Jamie Levin
    
    
12. Quality Over Quantity: Increasing Access to High Quality After-School Programs
    by: Emily Lowe
    
    
13. Standards and Assessment: Why Race to the Top is the Preeminent Alternative to No Child Left Behind
    by: Steven A. Montalto
    
    
14. He Said, She Said: The Problems with Information Sharing Between Law Enforcement and Schools
    by: Candace Moore & Johanne Verpil
    
    
15. Fixing Alabama's Public School Enrollment Requirements in H.B. 56: Eliminating Obstacles to an Education for Unauthorized Immigrant Children
    by: Sean Mussey
    
    
16. Terror Since the Public School Error: Reconciling Hip Hop and Education
    by: Randy Ojeda & Eduardo Roman
    
    
17. Free to Choose: Incorporating School Choice into America's Public Education System
    by: Matthew Pagano
    
    
18. A Time for the Supreme Court to Revisit Public School Student's Fourth Amendment Protection: Suspicionless Breathalyzer Testing Policies in Public Schools
    by: Keith Peters
    
    
19. The Misallocation of Human Capital Resulting from Race-Conscious Admissions Policies
    by: Andrew Rehagen
    
    
20. Beyond Title IX: Federal Legislative Antidotes to the Bullying & Harassment of Actual or Perceived LGBT & Gender Non-Conforming Students
    by: Larry D. Robertson
    
    
21. Back to the Basics: Why Hazelwood Deference is Inappropriate in the University Context
    by: Melina Rozzisi
    
    
22. Off the Street: Toward Restorative Justice Programs in School Disciplinary Settings
    by: Jillian Steinberg
    
    
23. Illinois Needs to Fix School Funding
    by: Samantha Thoma
    
    
24. I Pledge Allegiance to Religion?
    by: Alexa Vouros
    
    
25. Teachers' Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements: Roadblocks to Student Achievement & Teacher Quality or Educational Policy Imperatives?
    by: Robin Waters
    
    
26. Unclear and Present Danger: Enhancing and Applying Current Mental Health Law to Minors in Schools Exhibiting At Risk Behavior
    by: Michael J. Westwood-Booth
    
    
27. ‌Teachers' Free Expression In The Classroom: An Exercise Worth Protecting
    by: Heather M. White
    
    
28. Bullying and Free Speech: Can Schools Define Bullying and Survive a First Amendment Challenge?
    by: Agnieszka Zielinski