Contains entries that focus on US law since Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954). A Readers Guide to the encyclopedia organizes the entries into these categories:
- Biographies
- Collective Bargaining
- Concepts, Theories, and Legal Principles
- Constitutional Rights and Issues
- Curricular and Instructional Issues
- Educational Equity
- Governance Issues
- Litigation
- Organizations
- Parental Rights
- Primary Sources: Excerpted U.S. Supreme Court Landmark Cases
- Religion in Public Schools
- Special Education and Rights of Disabled Persons
- Statutes and Treaties
- Student Rights and Student Welfare Issues
- Teacher Rights
- Technology