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EdChoice, 2025
This annual publication of "The ABCs of School Choice" is a comprehensive, data-rich guide to every private school choice program in America. This edition of "The ABCs of School Choice" defines each of the six types of school choice: education savings accounts, tax-credit education savings accounts, school vouchers, tax-credit…
Descriptors: School Choice, Private Schools, Educational Vouchers, Scholarships
Beckman, James A. – Greenwood Press, 2006
Designed for students, parents, and counselors, this timely work addresses the present state of affirmative action in higher education after the landmark decisions of "Gratz v. Bollinger" and "Grutter v. Bollinger." Informative chapters provide an overall understanding of the history of affirmative action in higher education in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Financial Aid, Black Colleges, Affirmative Action
Hager, Ronald M. – 1999
This booklet discusses the provision of assistive technology through state vocational rehabilitation programs to help individuals with disabilities in employment settings. It reviews vocational rehabilitation eligibility criteria, specific goods and services that can be provided, issues to keep in mind when using this system to obtain assistive…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Advocacy, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Disability Rights Advocates, Inc., Oakland, CA. – 2001
This report from a blue ribbon panel of experts convened by Disability Rights Advocates, Inc. and the Oregon Department of Education addresses the interplay between standardized examinations and students with learning disabilities. The report describes in detail the accommodations, alternate assessments, appeals procedures, and other safeguards…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Court Litigation, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
Biagini, Joyce; And Others – 1991
A revision of a manual first produced in 1980, this guide is designed to help local school districts in Minnesota meet the educational needs of their limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in academically and administratively expedient ways. The chapters in the manual, which correspond to topics pertinent to designing and maintaining an LEP…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1992
This manual covers laws and regulations, responsibilities, policies, equipment, communication, and guidelines for transporting Iowa public school students with specific disabilities. The first section summarizes requirements of federal and state law, followed by a section on responsibilities of such entities as the Department of Education, the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Bus Transportation, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation