A teacher's right to a private life : community control or professional autonomy / Todd A. DeMitchell and Richard Fossey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeMitchell, Todd A., author.

Fossey, Richard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privacy, Right of.

Teachers--United States.

Teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

Summary:

"Do American professional public school teachers have the same rights to a private life as other citizens? This is an astute and incisive analysis of every teacher's dual life - as responsible exemplars to society's youth and as their own professional and private selves. Using historical and legal analysis to capture the tension between these two guises, it explores the balance between the weight of expectation from teachers' communities on one hand and the need for autonomy in professional environments on the other. A Teacher's Private Life explores some of the core questions that surround this debate: what kind of out-of-school behaviour should constitute dismissal, and what should be protected? To what extent should teachers serve as role models adhering to the values of the community in which they work? How does the special position of trust and responsibility enjoyed by teachers weigh up against their liberty to fashion a life for themselves? Should their private lives be subject to greater scrutiny than those in other professions? This is an enlightening guide for education and legal scholars, local and state level policymakers, community leaders on how the legal framework around these core issues has emerged and evolved over time"-- Bloomsbury Collections.

Contents:

Introduction : the private lives of american teachers. Exemplar and nexus

The emergence of america’s common school and the enduring tension between the teaching profession and the community

Who decides who will teach our children? Community control versus professional autonomy : the gusfield model of ownership of public problems

The professional teacher

Teacher as a mandatory role model, community control : exemplar, adverse notoriety, and court cases

Morrison and the rise of professional autonomy : finding a nexus

Ongoing tensions about teachers’ out-of-school conduct

Exemplar and nexus : the continuing tension over who shall teach our children.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed October 31, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: DeMitchell, Todd A.. Teacher's right to a private life

ISBN:

9781350533516

1350533513

9781350533509

1350533505

9781350533493

1350533491

OCLC:

1520505598

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license