Monday April 11
7:45 am-9:15 am Law and K-12 Education
1) From InBloom to Bust (Theodore R. Hartman & Ethan L. Hutt)
2) Institutional Change from Legal Intervention in a Juvenile Justice Facility Servicing Youth With Developmental Disabilities (Lois A. Weinberg, Denise Herz, Jolan Smith, Michael Oshiro and Kristine Chan)
3) Linking Teacher Turnover and Collective Bargaining in Charter Schools: Exploring State Law Variations and Possibilities (Joseph Oluwole & Chris Torres)
10:00 am-11:30 pm Law and Education SIG Roundtable Papers
1) A DREAM Deferred: The Effects of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 on the Secondary and Post-Secondary Educational Attainment of Undocumented Youth (Matthew Patrick Shaw)
2) Mold Is Not A Fungi in Court (Matthew Stier & Benjamin Lustig)
3) Special Education in New Orleans: Lessons from the Complaint and Settlement in P.B. v. White (Julie F. Mead)
4) Statutory Regulation of Student Conduct Administration: An Econometric Analysis (Adam Ross Nelson)
5) Teachers’ Legal Literacy: A Pilot Study Comparing Traditional and Alternative Teacher Education Programs (Kaitlyn A. Herthel & A.J. Angulo)
6:45 pm-8:15 pm Law and Education SIG Business Meeting, What the Law and Research Learn From Each Other: The Case of Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Tuesday April 12
8:15 am-9:45 pm Law and Higher Education
1) Closing Down Faculty Through Open Records: The “Weaponization” of Records Requests (Azalea Hulbert, Neal H. Hutchens, Frank Joseph Fernandez and Kaitlin Quigley)
2) Does Diversity Talk Match Walk? Considering Institutional Admissions Policy and Practice (Patricia Marin & Catherine L. Horn)
3) For-Profit Higher Education: An Analysis of Recurring Legal and Policy Challenges (A.J. Angulo)
For more information about the conference, reviews, and when decisions will be made, please contact the 2016 Law and Education SIG Program Chair, Catherine Horn at: [email protected]
Upcoming Conferences of Interest:
University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)
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