ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

significantly in the 2000s as administrators have now come to rely upon that measure as their
primary protection from arbitrary employment actions.
Recommendations for Further Study
1. Due to the changing nature of state law, this study should be renewed again in 10 years
to determine which trends have faltered, which trends have sustained, and which trends have
arisen since this research study.
2. A thorough study of school administrator behaviors and people skills should be
completed to provide further research into the impact of interpersonal skill on school
administrator success.
3. A study should be conducted in 10 years to review the number of adverse employment
action cases that identified violations of First Amendment rights as protection from adverse
employment actions.
4. A study of adverse employment action litigation raised in private education should be
done to establish similarities and disparities.
5. A study should be conducted in 10 years to review adverse employment action linked
to breach of contract claims by school administrators.
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