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Demerath, Peter W. – 1994
This paper reports qualitative and quantitative data obtained about relationships between 27 students with special language needs or learning disabilities and their nondisabled peers (N=99) in four integrated eighth grade classes of an urban middle school in Massachusetts. The study involved approximately 120 hours of in-school observation over a…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Inclusive Schools, Intermediate Grades
Blenk, Katie; Fine, Doris Landau – 1995
This book tells the story of the Kids are People School in Boston, Massachusetts, which began as a day care facility, enthusiastically welcomed children with special needs, and developed a multicultural inclusive elementary school. It is the story of the school's determination to provide the therapeutic services essential for each child's…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Curriculum, Day Care Centers, Disabilities
Sitlington, Patricia L.; And Others – 1991
This study investigated the adult adjustment of students with mental disabilities in high-school graduating classes of 1984 and 1985, 1 and 3 years after they exited high school. Two hundred sixty students from the class of 1984 were interviewed 1 year out of high school; 166 from this same class were interviewed 3 years out of school. Three…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship, Employment Experience, Employment Level
Braaten, Sheldon L., Ed.; Wild, Estelle, Ed. – 1991
This collection of 13 author-contributed papers addresses various aspects of programming for students with behavioral disorders. Papers have the following titles and authors: (1) "System Support and Transition to Adulthood for Adolescents with Seriously Disordered Behaviors: Orchestrating Successful Transitions" (Eugene Edgar); (2) "Targets for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders
Olmos, Arlette – 1983
Swiss-migrant joint associations are coordinating bodies for local services/agencies dealing with migrant problems, are recognized by local authorities, implement government policies toward migrants, and are politically neutral. Membership is drawn from local authorities, educational authorities, churches, political parties, employers'/employees'…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Attitude Change, Case Studies
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC), Rockville, MD. – 1979
This booklet contains selected background materials, biographical information, anecdotes, and statements documenting contributions made by blacks to American history. Objectives are to call attention to information about blacks which has been systematically excluded from United States history books and to help people understand the life, heritage,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Bias, Biographical Inventories, Black History
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. – 1975
A 1973 evaluation of the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP) showed that it was effective in improving the academic achievement of tenth grade black male students. This study further analyzes this important result with the aim of finding useful information for the operation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) which replaced ESAP. Several…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Black Achievement
Munford, Luther – 1975
As described by some observers, white flight rapidly and irreversibly leads to black or nearly all black schools, once the ratio of blacks to whites in a school reaches a tipping point. Research in Mississippi, however, has uncovered school districts where tipping has not only stopped, in some cases it has even reversed. Events there call into…
Descriptors: Black Students, Black Youth, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation
Chicago Consortium for Inter-Ethnic Curriculum Development, IL. – 1976
This ethnic heritage unit is about Jews in the United States. The first section presents basic facts, such as a map of Israel, map of Eastern Europe, facts about Israel, a bibliography about Jews, and a list of Jewish organizations in the United States. The second section discusses early Jewish settlement in North America, Jewish contributions to…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Cultural Activities, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Traits
O Fathaigh, Mairtin; O'Sullivan, Denis – 1998
Looking back over the past 5 decades of adult education at University College, Cork, one is struck by the realities of continuity and change as the guiding rationale moved from Roman Catholic reconstructionism to community partnership and empowerment. Structures put in place under President O'Rahilly's sponsorship persisted so robustly they…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Catholic Educators, Church Related Colleges, Colleges
Rader, Rick, Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 2001
This document collects the 12 monthly issues of Volume 31 of "Exceptional Parent," a magazine focused on practical advice for parents of children with disabilities. Most of the issues include a focus topic as well as articles on other issues, columns, reviews, and letters. These 12 issues concentrate on the following areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
du Bois-Reymond, Manuela – 1999
Learners may be categorized as follows: (1) intrinsically motivated intellectuals; (2) extrinsically motivated mass learners, as represented by modern school youth; (3) extrinsically motivated learners in continuous requalification; and (4) intrinsically motivated "trendsetters." Although intrinsically motivated learners tend to be found…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aging (Individuals), At Risk Persons, Attitude Change
Reuter, Steven F.; Erickson, Cheryl – 1995
This paper discusses a study that examined whether 20 typical sixth-grade students and 4 students with special needs in a Strategies Intervention Model (SIM) classroom developed more positive academic and social perceptions over the course of the school year when compared to 22 students in a regular classroom. The SIM is described as a curriculum…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Design
McKay, Sandra Lee, Ed.; Wong, Sau-ling Cynthia, Ed. – 2000
Articles include the following: "The Flowering of America: Linguistic Diversity in the United States" (R. Macias); "The American Linguistic Mosaic: Understanding Language Shift in the United States" (C. Veltman); "Bilingualism and Language Use Among Mexican Americans" (G. Valdes); "Puerto Ricans in the United…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Colonialism
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Lovat, Terence J. – Religious Education, 1995
Describes the efforts to incorporate and represent Hindu and Muslim theology in Australia's secondary schools' Religious Studies curriculum. These efforts included literature reviews as well as historical and ethnographic research. Argues that the current incorporation represents merely a first step and advocates further expansion and research.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Maintenance, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Enrichment
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