Vivian Hopp Gordon
Contributor
Website : SAGE Publications
Associate Professor, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago. Her contributions to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Education Law (2008) formed the basis of her contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (3)
Edwards v. Aguillard, case in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 19, 1987, ruled (7–2) that a Louisiana statute barring the teaching of evolution in public schools unless accompanied by the teaching of creationism was unconstitutional under the First Amendment’s establishment clause, which…
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Publications (1)
Encyclopedia of Education Law (2 Volume) (June 2008)
CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2009"A welcome addition to any public or academic library, this set would also be of use in a law library where educational law might need to be explored and reviewed at a more basic level than other legal texts."―Sara Rofofsky Marcus, Queensborough Community Coll., Bayside, NY"Smaller educational legal summaries exist, and a couple of texts deal with Supreme Court cases about education, but this set provides a unique combination of general...
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