 Current Issues in Educational Policy and the Lawreviewed by Richard Fossey - May 07, 2008  Title: Current Issues in Educational Policy and the LawAuthor(s): Kevin G. Welner & Wendy C. Chi Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Charlotte ISBN: 159311656X, Pages: 276, Year: 2008 Search for book at Amazon.com In Current Issues of Educational Policy and the Law, editors Kevin Welner and Wendy Chi have produced a remarkably useful and coherent book of essays on some of the most important issues of educational policy and law. Welner and Chi both hold law degrees, and their legal training is apparent in their choice of topics. The book has twelve chapters, which are divided among five broad themes: The No Child Left Behind Act, School Finance and Adequacy, School Choice, Reframing Equal Educational Opportunity Today, and Student and Teacher Rights in Schools. Interestingly, the twelve chapter authors of this volume are not seasoned law and policy scholars. Most are graduate students in various programs at the University of Colorado or practitioners working in the world of policy and administration. Nevertheless, all the essays are crisp, provocative, and well-researched. The editors seem to have avoided the common defects that appear in so many... (preview truncated at 150 words.) To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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