Bilingual Education -- Arizona And California The existence of such special individual needs shall not once each year to all Arizonapublic schoolchildren in classified as severely learning disabled may be http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JWCRAWFORD/203-227.htm
Extractions: California and Arizona Ron Unz, sponsor of the "English for the Children" initiatives, seems to have learned from his mistakes in California. Proposition 227 was amateurishly drafted, leaving far more flexibility than he intended. With Arizona's Proposition 203 , he hopes to tighten the screws. In 1998-99, the first year of Proposition 227, the California State Board of Education provided minimal guidance on how to interpret Proposition 227. So the law's implementation varied widely. Its vagueness featuring terms like "special educational needs" and "overwhelmingly in English" gave school districts plenty of leeway, and many took advantage of it. For example, some decided that limited English proficiency in itself was a "special" need. Others reasoned that, since Unz called his 61 percent victory on election day "overwhelming," a program that was taught 61 percent of the time in English should meet the law's requirements. Relying on these and other loopholes, numerous districts continued to offer a range of educational options, from bilingual to English-only instruction, and they allowed parents to choose freely among them. By year two, the legal picture began to clear.
Assistive Living Links - CICIL University of arizona; University of Michigan; University of Minnesota; The Opportunitiesfor the disabled Foundation Helps Provide special needs; The Roeher http://www.raccoon.com/~cicil/links.htm
Extractions: Lifestyle Non-Profit Organizations and Governmental Agencies General Resources Ability and Access - McMaster University ABLEDATA - Gopher system Access Technology (ATIC) Adaptive Tech From University of Toronto Arrowsmith School Assistive Technology Education Network of Florida ... DO IT Disabilities Opportunities Internetworking Drake University Resource Center Eagle Hill School EASI: Equal Access to Software and Information Evan Kemp Disability Resource Home Page ... Institute for Special Education - University of Fribourg/Switzerland Institute on Comunity Integration - at the University of Minnesota Integrated Network of Disability Info Iowa Program for Assistive Technology Johns Hopkins University Kurrambee Special School - From Australia
2/19/97 - News: Spec. Ed. Rules Pose Problems For Charter Schools students have enrolled in about 160 arizona charter schools in which the schools candiscourage disabled students parent of a kid with a special need around the http://www.edweek.org/ew/vol-16/21charte.h16
Extractions: See the related story, "Charter School Laws Are All Over the Map on Disabled Students," This Week's News. For background, past stories, and related Web links, see our Issues Pages on Charter Schools and Inclusion Read our story, "Under New Budget, Charter Schools Cash In," Oct. 30, 1996. Read our story, "AFT Cautiously Embraces Charter Schools," August 7, 1996. Read "Charter Schools: Escape or Reform?" June 5, 1996, commentary by Marc Dean Millot, Paul T. Hill, and Robin Lake. Read our story, "Advocates Seek Revisions in Many Charter Laws," March 27, 1996. By Lynn Schnaiberg Charter schools, a movement whose mantra is deregulation, have come up against one of the most heavily regulated areas in all of public education: special education. Not surprisingly, the fit is often less than comfortable. Eric Premack, who often provides charter schools with technical help as the director of the Charter Schools Project at the Institute for Education Reform in Sacramento, Calif., sums it up this way: "Square peg, round hole." As more and more states move to enact charter school laws, special education has often been treated mostly as an afterthought. No one really has a handle on how many children with disabilities are enrolled in charter schools nationally or how well they are being served.
Connect For Kids - Topic Areas requiring all schools to meet the learning needs of disabled racial and ethnic groupsare identified as disabled and placed in special education programs http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?attrib_id=274&doc
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Schools - Special Educational Needs : Oakleigh School schools special Educational needs Oakleigh School. Address Oakleigh SchoolOakleigh Road North Whetstone London N20 0DH. disabled Facilities Fully http://www.barnet.gov.uk/a-z/index.php3?go=1000523
40 Million Pounds To Build A Better Future For Schools down). £1.4m is allocated for better access eg those schoolswhich require better disabled or special needs access. £1m for http://www.surreycc.gov.uk/sccwebsite/sccwspages.nsf/LookupWebPagesByTITLE_TXT/4
CJSN: News And Events - Newsletter Archives with new friends who are developmentally disabled and for one benefit is only availablein arizona to ACA an excellent overview of the special needs of persons http://www.cjsn.org/news_archives_2003_summer.shtml
Extractions: The Council seeks to provide resources to any Jewish student in a Jewish school (preschool through high school) with the support and cooperation of the school administration. These resources include teacher training, student observation and strategies for accommodations. Congregational schools and the Council often share the costs of tutors or classroom aides for weekend classes. The Council cannot, however, provide funding for classroom aides in preschools or day schools due to the prohibitive costs.
NEA: Questions And Answers Students With special needs Underserved. In school year 9596 in arizona, only 17of 46 charters reported serving disabled children; only 262 of nearly 7,000 http://www.nea.org/charter/accnt98.html
Extractions: For and About Members Help for Parents Press Center Legislative Action Center ... Vouchers Updated: Dec 10, 2002 Charter Schools Research NEA Resources Other Resources April 1998 Accountability in charter schools is a bottom line concern in this new experiment in public schooling. Charter schools receive freedom and autonomy in exchange for improvements in learning and climate. Are charter schools indeed accountable to their constituencies: students, their parents, and the taxpaying public at large? This paper looks at the issue of accountability in three broad categories: student learning; equity concerns, and public accountability. In each category, the goal is to raise points that can, in the long run, lead to the weakening of this experiment. Policymakers owe it to students, their parents, educators and the public to ensure that charter laws and the oversight of charter implementation will lead to strong performance and equitable outcomes for all involved. I. Student Learning II. Equity Concerns III. Public Accountability IV. Resources Standards Not Clear.
Civil Rights - My Child's Special Needs - Parents - ED.gov MY CHILD S special needs. Memorandum establishes policy on issues concerning the responsibilityof school districts to OSEP State Monitoring Reports arizona. http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/rights/list.jhtml?page=1&size=25&oldsize=10&sort
Civil Rights - My Child's Special Needs - Parents - ED.gov OSEP State Monitoring Reports arizona. 35) about Disabilities (31) for DisabledStudents (31) for Not Specified (28) Office of special Education and http://www.ed.gov/parents/needs/rights/list.jhtml?page=1&size=50&oldsize=10&sort
Goldwater - No Bias Cited Here In Special-Ed Labels arizona continues to rank near the bottom nationally in students teachingdisabledas opposed to learning-disabled. special education was never intended to be http://goldwaterinstitute.org/article.php?id=263&print=1
Special Programs And Services free with a grant from the arizona Department of As much as possible, special needsstudents are educated at Severely disabled students are served in specially http://www.gesd.k12.az.us/handbook/specialservices.htm
Extractions: Glendale Elementary Special Programs and Services..... Two-Way Dual Language Program A Two-Way Dual Language Program consists of a system of instruction, which uses two languages, English and Spanish, as means of instruction (50 percent (%) of the day is in English, and 50% in Spanish.) This program will be taught using English and Spanish immersion instructional strategies and materials that have as their goal the simultaneous teaching of literacy in English and Spanish. In order to promote interactions among students, the most desirable ratio is 50% English speakers, to 50% Bilingual (LAS-4or higher) speakers. Students will be expected to achieve competency and literacy in both languages in the academic areas of: listening, speaking, reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, based on Arizona Academic Standards. Gifted Student Services Promoting educational potential is our goal in providing services for gifted students. Qualifying students in grades K-8 are provided learning activities designed for gifted children. GESD's curriculum is structured so that all students, including the academically gifted, can expand upon regular classroom assignments to the fullest extent of their abilities, emphasizing higher level thinking processes and "choices." For information on GESD's gifted services, please call (623)842-8135 or talk with your school's principal. Title 1 All sixteen GESD schools qualify for Title 1 federal funds which are used to supplement instructional program. Title 1 funds are allocated based on the number of students are each school who qualify for free or reduced lunch. Title 1 services vary from school to school based on the school improvement plan. For example, some schools provide after school tutoring while others may have small groups for reading intervention during the day. For specific information, please call your school offices. If you need more information, you may contact the Director of Grants at (623) 842-8178.
New Page 1 Naomi Ortiz, KASA (Kids As Self Advocates), arizona, and NDSU, National DisabledStudents Union. required by parents to address the special needs of their http://www.richardcohenfilms.com/GoingtoSchool.htm
Extractions: Spanish language versions. GOING TO SCHOOL ~IR A LA ESCUELA provides a captivating look at the daily experiences of students receiving special education services, and examines gains made by the Los Angeles Unified School District toward compliance with civil rights laws that guarantee a quality education for all children. The documentary highlights the lives of three seventh graders and a second grader, revealing the determination of their parents to see that their children receive an equal education. "Poignant...invaluable resource for parents, educators and policy makers."
COPAA NewsWatch: District Sues Disabled 5th-grader arizona Republic 10 Apr 1999. a fifthgrader on grounds that he isn t disabled undera that because Andrew McCann was succeeding without special education or http://www.copaa.net/newstand/arizsues5grader.html
Extractions: Arizona Republic 10 Apr 1999 Associated Press TUCSON - A school district is suing a fifth-grader on grounds that he isn't disabled under a federal law, saying the district isn't required to provide special education services for him. In a complaint filed April 1, Tucson Unified School District contends an administrative law judge wrongly overruled a hearing officer who found that because Andrew McCann was succeeding without special education or related services, the district did not need to provide them. Attorney Jerri Katzerman said the boy is legally blind, had cerebral palsy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. He also wears leg braces. Katzerman acknowledged that the boy is an A student but said he reads by putting papers directly in front of his face letter by letter. He also needs help in becoming "a holistic functioning individual," the Arizona Center for Disability Law attorney said. Andrew's parents Danial and Jane McCann, declined requests for an interview. District officials referred questions to Dinise M. Brainton, the lawyer the district hired to handle the case. Brainton declined to comment.
Welcome To The Liberty Elementary School District Website model is a selfcontained Emotionally disabled program with All special educationservices, such as speech and of a program begun at arizona State University http://www.liberty.k12.az.us/program/index.cfm?action=show_specialNeeds&schoolid
Primary Navigation - Link To Other Main Sections From Here special educational needs School. special needs - Education. Go to the Learningsection. Go to disabled Students Allowances in the Learning section. http://www.direct.gov.uk/Audiences/DisabledPeopleAndCarers/SiteMap/fs/en?CONTENT
Special Services The arizona Revised Statutes Title 15 adds even more eligible for actual placementinto special education. The District will assure that disabled students are http://www.phxelem.k12.az.us/student_services/special_services_details.html
Extractions: District Email SPECIAL EDUCATION The Special Education program of Phoenix Elementary School District No. 1 offers quality programs for the District's eligible disabled students and assures compliance in meeting the federal mandate of providing a free and appropriate public education to all disabled students. The Program serves approximately 1090 students within three major service models. The student eligibility criteria for Special Education Placement is determined by the parents, involved teachers, and evaluators/psychologists. This Multidisciplinary Evaluation Team (MET), carefully considers various types of tests, observation, and consultation data. Each of the fifteen categories of handicapping conditions has its own set of eligibility criteria which is determined by Federal mandate/law, and is uniform throughout the nation. The Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15 adds even more to the definitions, and each student must meet each categorys criteria and demonstrate a need for special education in order to be eligible for actual placement into special education.
CFA In The Media Disability Racial Bias in arizona special Education, which that predominantly whitearizona school districts labeled of minority students as disabled than do http://www.childrenfirstamerica.org/newsroom/media30.htm
Achievegap2 functionality to all school districts in arizona (AADSI). now mandate that generaland special educators share whether they are identified as disabled, at risk http://www.cgcs.org/promise/specialed2/specialed2.html
Extractions: Achievement Gaps Finance Bilingual Governance ... Special Education Indianapolis Public Schools Where Is the Student in the World of Standards, Curriculum, and IEPs? A district-wide change initiative to develop standards-driven goals and objectives/benchmarks for students with special needs is being implemented in the Indianapolis Public School (IPS) system during the 2002-03 school year. This student focused, process oriented initiative has resulted in assistive tools, a training module and schedule, follow-up support, and evaluation instruments that will provide IPS special education teachers with consistent means to raise academic achievement for students with special needs. This initiative will provide: Direction and measurable documentation in the areas of student and teacher accountability, student progress in the general curriculum, and improved test scores; Standards-driven goals and objectives that are useful and functional for all teachers and staff; and
