Legal Issues in K-12 Education

Harvard HGSE

This course is designed to provide an overview to legal issues impacting K-12 education in the United States. We will begin by learning how the legal system works, generally, and how to navigate legal tools, e.g., cases, statutes, regulations. We will then begin to address specific legal topics in K-12 education, including sections on the First Amendment, which historically protects speech and expression; the Equal Protection Clause, which historically prohibits different treatment on the…