Research Guides: ED322 Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity in Education: The Assignment

Assignment

Identify political and cultural atmosphere of the time. Set the scene.
Tell the story of the court case. Who was involved? What was the issue? What was the ruling? What was the impact for students with disabilities and/or their families?
What is the direct connection to one or more of the 6 key principles in IDEA?

Legal Cases

When did your case take place?

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
PARC v. Pennsylvania*
Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia
Lau v. Nichols
Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District

*PARC is an acronym for Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children. Pennsylvania may be listed under Commonweal of Pennsylvania.

Finding Legal Cases

Westlaw Campus Research [THOMSON REUTERS]
Core database of legal materials, including cases, statutes, and regulations of the U.S. government and the various state governments; includes the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence 2nd and American Law Reports; case law from 1789 to present; current statutes and regulations. Documents can also be accessed through broad subject categories such as Civil Rights, International Law and Environmental Law.

Using Westlaw

A red flag warns that the case is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
A yellow flag warns that the case has some negative history but has not been reversed or overruled.