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Johnson, Evelyn; Mellard, Daryl F.; Byrd, Sara E. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2006
The IDEIA 2004 presents opportunities for change in our methods for improving the process of Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) identification. While common approaches to improvement often focus on the assessment tools alone, consideration of stakeholder values and resource constraints are equally important to develop effective solutions that…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Performance Factors
Pui-Wah, Doris Cheng – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2006
This article reports data from a study about the challenges of teaching reform carried out by three in-service kindergarten teachers in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Intending to improve the quality of teaching and learning, these teachers adapted Western teaching approaches such as High Scope and Project approaches, which they had…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Hennessy, Sara – Studies in Science Education, 2006
This article summarises the main uses and affordances (the perceived qualities of systems that can support or hinder interactions: Greeno & MMAP, 1998) of interactive technologies commonly used in school science. Its main emphasis, however, is on eliciting and documenting the emerging strategies that teachers are developing for exploiting the new…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Science Education
Willner, Paul – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2006
Aims: Cognitive therapies are increasingly being offered by clinical psychologists to people with intellectual disabilities. This paper reviews some of the factors that influence people's readiness to engage in cognitive therapy. Literature review: Limited verbal ability, psychological-mindedness (particularly in relation to the understanding of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Mental Retardation, Psychologists, Cognitive Restructuring
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2011
This report finds that adolescent smoking, drinking, misusing prescription drugs and using illegal drugs is, by any measure, a public health problem of epidemic proportion, presenting clear and present danger to millions of America's teenagers and severe and expensive long-range consequences for the entire population. This report is a wake-up call…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Cocaine, Narcotics, Public Health
Kleiman, Glenn M. – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2004
I wrote the "Myths and Realities About Technology in K-12 Schools" article (Kleiman, 2000) in 1999. Looking back at it 5 years later as it is appears as a "seminal article" in "Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education," I find myself reflecting about what has changed and what has remained the same with…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Technology Uses in Education, Misconceptions, Educational Development
Kliment, Stephen A. – 1975
This syllabus contains practical information necessary to plan a barrier-free environment. The first chapter provides an account of what has happened in the past generation to make buildings and spaces accessible to handicapped persons and reviews the most recent laws, codes, and standards that prescribe the accessibility of buildings. The second…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Civil Rights
Vosbeck, R. Randall – 1975
Our judicial system has upheld the rights of all young people, no matter what the severity of their learning problems, to equal treatment, education, and opportunity. It is proving possible to accommodate a broad range of exceptional children in the educational mainstream, with emphasis not on how a child is disabled but on the specific…
Descriptors: Architects, Architectural Barriers, Community Involvement, Exceptional Persons
Schneider, Elizabeth; Heller, Rafael – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2005
Drawing on the authors' considerable knowledge of the research and of federal and state policymaking in middle and high reading and writing, the Alliance for Excellent Education has worked for the past 2 months, at no charge to the state, to review existing data, gather opinions, study literacy achievement trends, identify literacy programs and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Adolescents, Educational Resources, Barriers
Fredericks, Linda – Education Commission of the States (NJ1), 2003
This report provides an overview and description of social and emotional learning (SEL) and service-learning (S-L) as tools to improve the lives and academic performance of students. It describes how the two practices are interrelated, and cites research evidence that supports the expanded use of both practices in the classroom. Also provided are…
Descriptors: Service Learning, State Programs, Barriers, Guidelines
Marsh, Julie A.; Kerr, Kerri A.; Ikemoto, Gina S.; Darilek, Hilary; Suttorp, Marika; Zimmer, Ron; Barney, Heather – RAND Corporation, 2004
Improving school systems is critical to bridging the achievement gap and achieving federal accountability goals. Research in three urban districts partnered with a university-based intermediary organization sheds light on promising instructional reform strategies and challenges to bringing about systemwide change. Analyses of district efforts to…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Improvement Programs
Erisman, Wendy; Contardo, Jeanne Bayer – Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2005
Higher education for prisoners, often the subject of public controversy, remains a crucial strategy in efforts to reduce recidivism and slow the growth of the nation's incarcerated population. New research conducted by the Institute for Higher Education Policy shows that corrections officials are finding innovative ways to support postsecondary…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Higher Education, Recidivism
Rose, David H., Ed.; Meyer, Anne, Ed.; Hitchcock, Chuck, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2005
This book addresses crucial questions about how to create full access to the general education curriculum for children with disabilities. Based on years of research and innovation at CAST (The Center for Applied Special Technology), the book provides a helpful overview of the digital solutions that are at the forefront of efforts to create…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Policy, Disabilities, General Education

Henderson, Robert A.; Hage, Ronald E. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1979
The authors estimate the costs to public schools of implementing the PL 94-142 and Section 504 mandates. They consider both quantitative costs, due to increased numbers of students with various handicapping conditions, and qualitative program costs: Individualized Education Program (IEP) conferences, architectural accessibility, due process…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Cost Estimates, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Jastram, Philip S. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1979
College faculty can learn to deal with common questions concerning disabled students, such as how much special assistance to offer them, and what special accommodations must be made to their particular limitations. Program requirements should be reviewed in order to distinguish what is essential. (Author/JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Architectural Barriers, College Faculty