Educators today are challenged with the task of designing curricula and standards for students of varying abilities. While technology and innovation steadily improve classroom learning, teachers and administrators continue to struggle in developing the best methodologies and practices for students with disabilities. "Models for Effective…

During the 1989-90 budgetary process, the Bangor (Maine) School Department established "blended funding" of special and regular education accounts, so that nonhandicapped students might also benefit from resource-room services. An evaluation study showed that teachers felt less pressured to label borderline students as special-education…

New York University studied the impact of increases in instructional group size in resource rooms and speech service in the New York City Public Schools by examining increases in 45 public elementary, middle, and senior high schools. Questionnaires were distributed to parents, and teachers and administrators were interviewed. Observations of…