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Author: Harry Daniels
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780750708937
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this volume, a respected group of researchers and practitioners, who share concerns for equity and excellence in education, write about their thoughts and concerns for the future of special needs education.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 1997-06-27
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 0309057892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the movement toward standards-based education, an important question stands out: How will this reform affect the 10% of school-aged children who have disabilities and thus qualify for special education? In Educating One and All, an expert committee addresses how to reconcile common learning for all students with individualized education for "one"â€"the unique student. The book makes recommendations to states and communities that have adopted standards-based reform and that seek policies and practices to make reform consistent with the requirements of special education. The committee explores the ideas, implementation issues, and legislative initiatives behind the tradition of special education for people with disabilities. It investigates the policy and practice implications of the current reform movement toward high educational standards for all students. Educating One and All examines the curricula and expected outcomes of standards-based education and the educational experience of students with disabilitiesâ€"and identifies points of alignment between the two areas. The volume documents the diverse population of students with disabilities and their school experiences. Because approaches to assessment and accountability are key to standards-based reforms, the committee analyzes how assessment systems currently address students with disabilities, including testing accommodations. The book addresses legal and resource implications, as well as parental participation in children's education.
Author: Christine Forlin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-06-05
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1134040644
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ground-breaking book considers current perspective on educational reform in the Asia-Pacific regions with a focus on a new era of special education, particularly as this relates to the educational reform towards inclusive education.
Author: Jay Philip Heubert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780300082968
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn examination of six of the most controversial school reform initiatives in the US: school desegregation; school finance reform; special education; education of immigrant children; integration of youth services; and enforcable performance mandates.
Author: Cheryl Anita Rose Utley
Publisher: Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 292
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlso discussed are current issues affecting the education of multicultural students with mild disabilities, the selection of appropriate service delivery options in inclusive settings, the implementation of effective instructional programs, and the utilization of services by families. In this book, Utley and Obiakor offer practical solutions to create partnerships between multicultural students, their families, local service providers, general and special educators, and community members."--Jacket.
Author: Dorothy Kerzner Lipsky
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a panoramic view of inclusive education, past, present, and future. Grounded in historical perspective and fueled by contemporary accomplishments, the insightful discussions in this volume cover a wide range of issues, from program implementation and classroom supports to court decisions and financing. The authors compare successes and setbacks from schools and studies nationwide, drawing the big picture of practice and research. Complementing their highly informed, balanced analysis of special education and inclusion programs are highlights of the results from a revealing national study of inclusive education. Emphasizing the need for the concurrent development of inclusion and school restructuring, this book gives policy makers, administrators, school board members, teachers and parents a solid understanding of the process of school reform, as well as a vision for the 21st century. - Back cover.
Author: Harry Daniels
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-01-04
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1135707308
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides the reader with a broad and critical view of a much debated but little understood topic Provides access to the practical implications of recent research findings Draws on the perspectives of professionals and parents on both the instructional and affective implications of a move towards more inclusive practice Provides a robust discussion of the implications for education of developing a responsive service for a diversity of learners
Author: Maggie McLaughlin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-01-22
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 1134737904
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is about how special education policy and practice is being negotiated within the context of educational reform in two countries. The political climate of recent years in both Britain and the USA led to many changes along similar lines, with a move towards placing greater power and choice in the hands of those individuals with special educational needs. Each chapter provides an overview and comparative analysis of the origins and evolution of specific educational reforms in the USA and the UK. The themes explored include: *providing parents with greater choice *decentralising decision making *making the whole curriculum available to all *accountability *funding the necessary changes.
Author: Jack Tweedie
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Weatherley
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 220
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFocusing on Massachusetts' innovative special education reform law, Chapter 766, "Reforming Special Education" traces the complex processes through which an ostensibly universalistic and equitable policy can produce a biased distribution of public benefits favoring affluent clients."Reforming Special Education" examines three Massachusetts school systems and seven schools within those systems to determine whether laws formulated to alter practices in educating children who are deaf, blind, retarded, and physically handicapped actually result in fair and uniform treatment of children with special needs, or whether they just create more work for school personnel.The book discusses individual and community wealth as factors in the allocation of funds. Despite Massachusetts' "equalizing formula," it points out that rich districts often fare better than poor ones because they have the resources and sophistication necessary to challenge funding decisions. The book also reveals that bureaucrats who are charged with carrying out the changes are victimized by new laws which, for lack of resources, they cannot hope to put into effect. Because the street-level bureaucrats, front-line personnel, develop informal means of coping with these problems and with their jobs, they distort the policy they are charged with implementing and become policy makers in their own right.Weatherley concludes that policy initiatives must take into account potential effects on the daily work routines of those charged with implementing them. These findings have dramatic implications for all human service bureaucracies where front-line staff interact with the public--hospitals, police departments, public welfare and employment offices, mental health centers and lower courts. Students of public policy, educators, social workers, or anyone involved in public service employment will find this a scholarly, yet highly readable account of the organizational constraints to bureaucratic reform.
