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Education Trust-West, 2020
While family engagement has always been an important component for supporting student learning in school, the abrupt switch to distance learning in March has dramatically changed the role of parents and other at-home care-providers to that of teacher, tutor, counselor, and technology coach. The transition to distance learning has been particularly…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Distance Education, Access to Computers, English Language Learners
Doutre, S. M.; Ripma, T.; Barrett, T.; Williams Valentine, T.; Caparas, R.; Willis, J. – WestEd, 2021
California Senate Bill 74, Budget Act of 2020, required the California Department of Education (CDE) to conduct a study to examine the state's current governance and accountability structures that support California students with an individualized education program (IEP). The study was intended to focus on the end goals of improving outcomes for…
Descriptors: Special Education, Governance, Accountability, Individualized Education Programs
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Lynch, Eleanor W.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
California's approach to developing programmatic and administrative models for the implementation of Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) in providing services to young handicapped children is discussed. The models focus on implementing recognized best practices as well as changing state policy and administrative structure to enhance…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Roberts, Lily – 1988
The paper examines problems in the utilization of the Resource Specialist Teacher (RST) mandated by California law to serve handicapped students. The study evaluated whether the RST certificate mandate effectively altered the implementation of the least restrictive environment policy for disabled students in a rural area of northeastern…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Consultants, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Baker, Ronald E.; Ostertag, Bruce A. – 1986
In winter 1985, a survey of all California community colleges was conducted to identify and describe the types of programs and services provided by the colleges to students with developmental disabilities (DD). Questionnaires mailed to all 106 community colleges yielded a 100% response rate. Study findings included the following: (1) 44% of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis
California State Dept. of Finance, Sacramento. – 1985
This report discusses a variety of K-12 educational programs in California that constitute alternatives to instruction at regular public schools. For each of the programs discussed, the report identifies pertinent issues and provides policy recommendations. The report contents are based on visits to 18 school districts and 8 offices of county…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Continuing Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2006
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) House Passes Budget Resolution: Prospects of a Compromise with the Senate Appear Dim; (2) Older Students' Science…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, Public Education, High School Students, Reading Achievement