미국의 공교육 프로그램에 있어서의 법적문제

The Legal Issues of the Public Instructional Program of U.S.A.

The instructional program of America introduces to that of Korea, As a general rule school officials have the authority to prescribe the method of teaching, decide on what curriculum shall be offered, and what books shall be used in the school. Such authority is vested in public schools either expressly or implicitly by state law, However, this authority is not absolute ani may be curtailed or modified by the courts if school officials proceed beyond the bounds of their power or act arbitrarily in violation of the constitutional rights of students or teachers, The courts, however, will not intervene in resolution of conflicts which arise from the daily operation of the schools and which do not directly involve basic constitutional values, In this paper, curriculum (reasonable rules, constitutionality, intellectual marketplace, evolution and creation science, liberty to teach and learn, English language instruction, dirty words, removal of material from curriculum), censorship of library books, lack of scholarship, promotion, diploma, homework, sex education are discussed as a legal issues, Those issues have been judged as a constitutionality or unconstitutionality by states courts ani the Federal Suprema Court of America, I consider how much the instructional program of America will affect that of Korea, I am sure that the purpose of instructional program of America depends greatly on the constitutional value and ideology, It is very thought-provoking to Korea, In addition this paper is translated and arranged the Law of Schools, Students, ani Teachers in a Nutshell into Korean, This book was written by Kern Alexander ani M, David Alexander in 1984 and published by St, Paul., Minn: West Publishing Co,