States seeking waivers under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act are hoping to replace what is widely considered an outdated, but consistent, school accountability regime with a hodgepodge of complex school grading systems that are as diverse as the states themselves. That's the picture that emerged from an "Education Week" analysis of…

The majority of the conference reports on education of the handicapped focuses on regular class placement and teacher education. Presented concisely are 21 program proposal descriptions with funding source, project dates, objectives, philosophy, procedures and evaluation, and literature influencing project. Representative projects concern special…

The project proposal describes a resource room program for 15 educable mentally handicapped and 20 learning disabled students at nine junior high schools in Portage, Michigan. Noted are the problems of avoiding the negative effects of disability labeling and the inability of regular class teachers to provide appropriate instruction for special…

In anticipation of several consequences to the federal governments' interpretation on Mainstreaming or "the least restrictivement environment" for the handicapped of the new federal legislation (PL 94--142), NJEA's Committee on Exceptional Children proposed the policy discussed here. (Editor/RK)

This article describes the initial steps taken to mainstream students classified as "educable mentally retarded" and then presents a twelve step curriculum development procedure for totally mainstreaming such students at a middle school. (Author/RK)

A report of a county committee to investigate programs and problems related to learning disabilities reviews areas which were examined. Consideration is given to the work of the committee and its division into subcommittees, to the dilemma of defining learning disabilities, and to solutions for dealing with handicapped children, including special…

A proposal for a personal adjustment program for visually handicapped students is described to contain three primary components: the ongoing curriculum which encourages techniques of modification and application of the presently existing regular curriculum to the needs of the blind; the extended school program which provides out-of-school services…

As a means to integrate children with learning disabilities into the regular class structure of the school, a plan has been developed which would provide for specialized services in a flexible organizational pattern. A revised system of state reimbursement to the local school systems is designed to maintain children with mild handicaps in the…

A proposed position statement for a Southern Early Childhood Association (SECA) conference session focusing on children with special needs in the regular educational program is presented in the document. The proposal highlights the importance of inclusion of those children in a regular educational program and the need for caregivers to be able to…