In recent years, the focus of education has been on those with mental and physical disabilities. Because of this, those students with superior intellectual ability have been neglected. Causes for nonrecognition, ways to identify the gifted, and what business teachers can do are discussed. (JOW)

A project of the University of Maryland has developed a driver education curriculum for the learning disabled. Several states are making efforts to improve driver education, including rewriting materials and providing oral tests for drivers' licenses. Options for future safety programs include parent-student seminars, multidiscipline teaching, and…

Four articles address school programs for gifted students. Topics covered include a curriculum based on the Structure of Intellect model, a realistic program for gifted students; an Illinois program entitled "Project Impact"; and Saturday seminars for students in the Catskill area. (SB)

The article qustions the role of the learning assistance teacher (LAT) in a program for the gifted at the elementary school level. It examines the key features of a program for the gifted and considers the traits, training, responsibilities and model of service delivery for LATs. (Author)

Survey findings showed that in the Washington, D. C. Metropolitan Area, programs and support services necessary to meet the unique needs of gifted and talented hearing-impaired students were limited. (DLS)

Argues that establishing special programs (for at-risk students or for other students) only delays making badly needed, dramatic, long-overdue changes in traditional practices of schooling. (SR)

This article talks about a special program implemented at Towson University, wherein students are admitted into college even if they don't qualify under the regular admissions. The Towson program is an experiment, and Deborah J. Leather, the associate provost who runs it, acknowledges that it is too soon to tell whether the effort has been worth…

In this era of accountability, schools are challenged to leave no child behind, which includes making schools more responsive to students' needs. For many multicultural learners, the noble ideal of leaving no child behind has not yielded the desired dividends in general and special education. The processes of identification, assessment,…

Research suggests that 40 percent of college-age students with disabilities in the United States are enrolled in community colleges. Two-year colleges for a long time have been billed as ideal places for students with special needs to continue their educations, especially when those needs dictate that they remain closer to home. However, some…

The purpose of this document is to establish the minimum standards for approval of programs which meet the requirements of the Standards of Accreditation adopted by the State Board of Education February 22, 1984, and have been effective since June 1, 1987. Included are guidelines, which enable school districts to: (1) Establish equitable criteria…

Discussed an educational program designed to meet the needs of children with specific learning disabilities. (RK)

THE PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAD BECOME THE IDEAL CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN FLINT. IT WAS THE PRACTICAL PLACE FOR CARRYING THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE APPROACH USED TO FACILITATE HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND INTERACTION INCLUDED, FIRST, GETTING THE PEOPLE INTO THE SCHOOLS, WHERE THEY BECAME INTERESTED.…