Judicial Decisions and the Public Schools.
While the statute law governing B.C.'s public schools is familiar to a majority of its educators, there appears to be widespread uncertainty as to the content and relevance of judicial decisions, and also as to the ways in which the courts and various quasi-judicial bodies make the decisions. The major purpose of the research reported herein was to evaluate the extent and the significance of these decisions as they relate to public school operations in British Columbia. Scattered information concerning relevant decisions was gathered, organised and evaluated. In addition, a number of issues concerning the current and future impact of judicial decisions on school operations were brought into perspective. Major conclusions were: (1) judicial decisions do play a significant role in B.C. public school operations; (2) greater interest, knowledge and involvement on the part of educators is required.
Law in the schools
Selected Provisions-Constitution of the United States. 1. Education under the American Legal System : An Overview. 2. The Law Governing Public Education. 3. Religion and Public Education. 4. Employment Rights and Obligations of Professional Employees. 5. Civil Rights of Teachers. 6. Student Rights and Discipline. 7. Tort Liability under State Law. 8. Equal Opportunity and Antidiscrimination Laws. 9. Private Education. 10. Charter Schools. Glossary. Table of Cases. Index.
CELL SIZE AND SURVIVAL IN CONIFER CAMBIUM
The pseudotransverse divisions of fusiform initials by which the cambium of conifers is accommodated to increasing girth tend to occur at relatively high rates of frequency. The overproduction of new initials is accompanied by extensive cell loss. The continuation or reduction of fusiform initials after origin in anticlinal division is evidently related to cell length and extent of ray contacts. The largest fusiform initials generally survive and repeat the cycle of elongation and multiplication by pseudotransverse division. The cells of intermediate length continue or fail in varying proportions, the rate of failure tending to rise with increasing frequency of anticlinal division. As a rule the initials with the largest area of ray contacts persist and those with sparse ray contacts decline. The shortest fusiform initials are usually lost, passing off into maturation or undergoing further diminution to ray initials. The continued selection of the longest of the newly formed fusiform initials, which is op...