Citizen Teacher: Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Stuart, Susan P.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	The recent Supreme Court case of Garcetti v. Ceballos is now just over a year old. That case denies to public employees the protection of the First Amendment when speaking in their official duties. In reviewing the cases both leading up to and then relying on Garcetti, one is struck by the inherent conflict that now permeates some school board employee relationships. Whereas preceding cases attempted to reach a balance between the school board and its employees' speech rights, bad management practices now seem to trump the First Amendment. Such practices have school boards discharging teachers and administrators for speaking out - truthfully - on matters of fiscal mismanagement, student discipline, and similar school district problems. In the context of those cases, this Article posits that being seduced by the weapon of Garcetti's absolute power will create unanticipated and legal consequences to both school boards and the educational institution itself.
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article