The Edjurist Accord


Educational law scholars blogging on recent developments at the intersection of law and education.

Author: Two lawyer-blawggers: Jesulon Gibbs is an assistant professor of educational leadership at South Carolina State University; Justin Bathon is an associate instructor at Indiana University in the educational policy studies department and the owner-operator of Bathon Educational Services in Bloomington, Ind.

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Recent Posts from The Edjurist Accord


  • Case law and Article Searches on Google Scholar

    The good news of the week for my education school professor colleagues, and for practitioners in the field who do not have unlimited access to Westlaw or Lexis, is that Google Scholar now allows you…

  • Edjurist TV: Episode 7 - Education Law in South Africa, A Conversation with Rika Jobert and Jean Van Rooyen

    Had the marvelous opportunity a couple weeks ago to sit down and chat with Professors Rika Jobert and Jean Van Rooyen, of the University of Pretoria's Department of Education Management and Policy Studies. We chatted…

  • School IT Departments ... Concerns

    As I am working here in KY to modify our schools for the information economy, increasingly I am becoming concerned that school IT departments might be more of the problem than the solution. I know…

  • University Presidents Should be Rock Stars

    Time this week compiled a list of the top 10 university presidents. Gordon Gee, an education law alum, was the feature story and the list also included another alum, Mark Yudof.  I loved the story,…

  • Vamos a Cuba Case Denied Cert.

    Good, I think. It was too political and would have made for bad precedent. Plus, it is just not that complex of a case. A school board has the right to prohibit a book as…

  • Teachers Selling Lesson Plans - What Legal Issues?

    The big story making rounds over the weekend was the N. Y. Times story on teachers across the country selling their lesson plans online to make themselves a profit. Lots of local papers ran it…

  • The Future of Education Law Information

    Lots of current events have caused me to consider what the future of education law information will look like. I'm the new technology chair for ELA, Scott B. has been appointed to West's Education Law Reporter Board, Mark…

  • School Technology Leadership and the P-20 Continuum - Paducah

    I was invited to speak at the SACS/AdvancedED Western Kentucky Conference this past Friday and I want to post the video and sources to that presentation. The presentation was an extension on the presentation I…

  • 21st Century Teachers are Those that Pass Tests?

    According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ... yes.  In their latest education report card, what they deem a report card on educational effectiveness, they have 9 different subjects on which they are reporting. One…

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