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Colorado Department of Education, 2024
The READ Act is the signature literacy legislation in Colorado that prioritizes early literacy by ensuring all students achieve early-grade reading proficiency for later academic success. In 2019, the Colorado General Assembly passed significant revisions to the READ Act in Senate Bill 19-199 (S.B. 19-199), which were signed into law by the…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Reading Instruction, Identification
Colorado Department of Education, 2023
The Reading to Ensure Academic Development (READ) Act is the signature literacy statute in Colorado. The READ Act prioritizes early literacy by ensuring all students achieve early-grade reading proficiency for later academic success. In 2019, the Colorado General Assembly passed revisions to the READ Act in S.B. 19-199, which were signed into law…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Reading Instruction, Identification
Colorado Department of Education, 2022
The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (the READ Act) passed 10 years ago and provided Colorado educators with a roadmap for grade level reading by third grade. Over the past decade, there have been many opportunities to learn and evolve the state's implementation of this key legislation. With an emphasis on early identification…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Reading Instruction, Identification
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Melloy, Kirstine J.; Murry, Francie R. – World Journal of Education, 2019
Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) are among the most marginalized group of students in our schools. In essence, students with EBD are often denied their civil right to a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) which is a social justice issue. Teachers who become social justice allies are more likely to create a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Students with Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances
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Cardichon, Jessica; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2019
Today's education landscape, including how students experience school, can reflect pervasive educational inequities. Past federal administrations and congresses, recognizing their critical role in addressing inequality, often acted to address disparities and violations of students' civil rights that had been left unresolved by states and…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Civil Rights, Federal Government, Government Role
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Holdheide, Lynn – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2015
Redesigning teacher and leader evaluation systems has the potential to transform the teaching profession by ensuring that the highest quality of instruction is occurring in every classroom. However, as states and districts have rolled out new models of educator evaluation, questions have emerged concerning how best to fairly include all school…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role, Teacher Responsibility