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Download full textWalz, Lynn; Vandercook, Terri; Sauer, John; Nelson, Marilyn; Medwetz, Laura; Thurlow, Martha; McDevitt-Kraljic, Mary – 2000
This monograph presents lessons learned from the five-year (1992-97) project, Together We're Better, a federally funded systems change project focused on inclusion of children with severe disabilities in Minnesota schools and communities. The project identified six focus areas: (1) district partnerships, (2) personnel preparation and development,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Thurlow, Martha; Vandercook, Terri; Kraljic, Mary McDevitt; Medwetz, Laura; Nelson, Marilyn; Sauer, John; Walz, Lynn – 1999
This monograph reports on a qualitative evaluation of the Together We're Better (TWB) program, an effort in Minnesota to develop an inclusive, positive, supportive educational system. The TWB project focused on: (1) general education/special education collaboration within the state department of education; (2) district partnerships; (3) personnel…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change
Walz, Lynn; Vandercook, Terri; Medwetz, Laura; Nelson, Marilyn; Thurlow, Martha – 1999
This monograph summarizes lessons learned from the 5 years that the Together We're Better (TWB) program worked to create inclusive learning environments in four Minnesota school districts. Each of the partner districts established a collaborative core planning team to provide leadership and management of efforts toward school change and inclusive…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change
