As our schools change and evolve, educators are challenged to shape a culture that will create a positive and inclusive learning environment. Increasingly, those involved in education, whether as students, parents, teachers, school administrators or lawyers, are facing new problems that are unique to the field. This book to a large extent, reflects the complexity of issues which confront Canadian educators on a day-to-day basis.

1. Violence in schools -- 2. Liability issues in a school setting -- 3. Youth Criminal Justice Act -- 4. Guidelines for conducting an investigation -- 5. Student discipline procedures -- 6. Duty to report to the principal -- 7, The role of school administration -- 8. Student records -- 9. Untangling the web: cyberbullying and the law -- 10. Racial, homophobic and sexual harassment in schools -- 11. Child abuse in a school context -- 12. Violence prevention and early intervention.