title: In-services and empty threats: The roles of organizational practices and workplace experiences in shaping U.S. educators' understandings of students' rights.
abstract: This paper applies theoretical frameworks from organizational sociology and sociolegal studies to examine factors associated with educators' conceptions of students' rights to due process in disciplinary actions. We analyze a unique representative data set of 402 teachers and 200 administrators in U.S. high schools to investigate how educators understand the rights to due process articulated in the Supreme Court case of Goss v. Lopez (1975). We then examine whether individual characteristics and participation in organizational processes are associated with educators' understandings of students' due process rights. Findings suggest that educators' understandings of students' entitlements to due process vary with educators' level of education, experience of school-related legal threats, and participation in district or diocese in-service training programs on students' rights. Results point to organizational climate as a key factor in shaping educators' rights conceptions and the role of law in American schools.
authors.affiliation: New York University, United States. Electronic address: jason.thompson@nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: New York University, United States.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arum
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, United States.
authors.forename: Lauren B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.affiliation: University of California, Berkeley, United States.
authors.forename: Calvin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morrill
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, United States.
authors.forename: Karolyn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tyson
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D032882:Comprehension; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D015279:Organizational Culture; D011678:Punishment; D000070777:School Teachers; D012574:Schools / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States; D017132:Workplace
keywords: Due process; In-service training; Rights understandings; School law; Student rights