ABCNEWS.com : Are Learning-Disabled Kids Tossed Aside? special education program in vermont said there for not educating the learningdisabled, the causes of to identify children who need special education programs http://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/Living/special_ed030512.html
Extractions: His parents say it was because of his emerging learning disability, and rather than deal with his problems, they say his school system, like many school systems across the country, simply tossed him aside. The boy, identified as K.S.G. to protect his identity, is one of eight learning-disabled students who are part of a class-action lawsuit filed recently against the New York City Department of Education. It's a case that education experts and advocates for children with disabilities say is emblematic of a disturbing trend that is becoming endemic across the country as schools grapple with funding cuts, understaffing and increased pressure from the federal No Child Left Behind program to raise overall performance levels. "New York City schools and districts regularly engage in a practice of excluding disabled children from school and denying them educational services to which they are entitled," alleges the suit filed by a group called Advocates for Children in U.S. District Court in New York.
Rutland Herald And Times Argus: Howard Dean Special Archive from everyone was fantastic and a special thankyou The state of vermont has been attacking tuitioning for all students by discriminating against the disabled. http://www.rutlandherald.com/hdean/52532
Extractions: Dean Speaks September 4, 2002 Giving support to Brian Marthage I have had the opportunity to work with many states attorneys and their deputies in and around Rutland County through the past eight years. I firmly believe that the time has come for a change. It is not often that a candidate steps forward in the race for states attorney with exceptional goals and values, but in this race, such a candidate has come forward. Brian Marthage, a Republican candidate for states attorney, is the right choice for Rutland County. Throughout the past four years Rutland County has seen an astronomical growth in drug-related crimes and violence associated with drug use. We have seen a rapid increase in drug abuse, a surge in property crimes and forgery crimes, as well as multiple drug-related homicides. The drug problem is one that will not go away on its own, and one that must be dealt with decisively and immediately before it spirals out of control. We can no longer accept status quo criminal prosecution, and we must step up to bring a needed change to the states attorneys office. Brian Marthage has vowed to take an aggressive stand against drugs and violent crime in Rutland County, should he be elected states attorney. Brian has said that he will work closely with state and local law enforcement officials in order to coordinate enforcement efforts and build necessary coalitions between agencies. Brian has excellent relationships, both personal and professional, with many law enforcement officers in Rutland County. Brian has said that he would foster better communication and coordination efforts between the States Attorneys Office, federal officials and the Attorney Generals Office.
Fiscal Incentives Raise Student Disability Rates approximately 80 percent of the special education population. likely to be classified as disabled in response a study of the vermont special education system http://www.nber.org/digest/sep99/w7173.html
Extractions: "More than 35 percent of the six-year increase in student disability rates in Texas is explained by the contemporaneous increase in fiscal incentives." Student disability rates have increased by more than 50 percent in U.S. school districts over the past two decades. Since 1977, the proportion of students nationally in grades K through 12 that have been classified as disabled has increased from 8 percent to 12 percent. Over the same period, the fraction of school district spending that is allocated to special education has increased from 4 percent to 17 percent. For the 1993-4 school year, the 5.4 million students who received special education services cost taxpayers more than $32 billion in total spending (above what was spent for other students). In The Impact of Fiscal Incentives on Student Disability Rates NBER Working Paper No. 7173 ), author Julie Berry Cullen finds a link between these increases and the state funding formulas that reward local school districts for identifying additional students with special needs. Relying on data from Texas schools in the 1991-2 through the 1996-7 school years, Cullen finds that a 10 percent increase in the supplemental revenue generated by a disabled student attributable to the state aid formula results in a 1.4 percent increase in the fraction of students classified as disabled. The data show that more than 35 percent of the six-year increase in student disability rates in Texas is explained by the contemporaneous increase in fiscal incentives. As expected, the greatest increase in student disabilities over this period was in the mildest and least well defined disability categories. These categories currently represent approximately 80 percent of the special education population.
NEA -- National Education Association And check out two books of special interest to up advice from members of the vermontNEA Paraeducator like parents and advocates for the disabled-who have a http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0109/news18.html
Extractions: Table of Contents: Sep 2001 Cover Story s Positive Development News s Hawaii Teachers Wage Historic Strike s s s Paras in Vermont Win State Rules on Training and Supervision s The 2001 NEA Representative Assembly s Do-er's Profile s Interview Learning s Innovators s Journey North Allows Students to Travel the World s Inside Scoop s ESP on the Team s Tips for the Wired Classroom Departments s Letters s President's Viewpoint s My Turn s Debate s Health and Fitness s People s Money s Resources s In the Light Lane News In too many places, paras work intimately with special education students-reinforcing instruction, attending to personal needs such as feeding, or managing an entire class-but receive little or no formal training or professional supervision. By contrast, their teacher colleagues are held to a whole battery of standards and "accountability" measures. Even in progressive Vermont, a state that pioneered inclusive education and now ranks among jurisdictions with the fewest number of separate special ed classes, state law has long ignored the very existence of paraeductors. All the Green Mountain State has ever required of paras is a minimum age of 18 and a high school diploma.
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Extractions: Today's Globe Politics Opinion Magazine ... Washington May 14, 2004 WASHINGTON The Senate voted yesterday to make the first major changes in special education law in seven years, aiming to get help earlier to struggling children, to give teachers more freedom to discipline students, and to reduce tensions between parents and schools. ADVERTISEMENT The main point of contention was money, as senators overwhelmingly agreed to allow accelerated spending in coming years, but rejected an attempt to make the increases mandatory. The Senate voted 95-3 to renew and update the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the 1975 law guaranteeing equal education to children with disabilities, who numbered 6.7 million at last count. ''It's our statement as a nation that these children matter and that we will do our part to help their parents and teachers and communities meet their education goals," said Senator Edward M. nedy, Democrat of Massachusetts. The Senate rode a smooth path in renewing the popular education law, as bill leaders worked out a deal last year and avoided issues that divided the House, such as private-school vouchers. Parent, education, and disability advocacy groups largely supported the Senate bill, despite concerns over some of its key provisions and what they saw as a limited chance to get the bill amended.
Extractions: Wed Nov 12 05:13:59 EST 2003 SCHAFER AUTISM REPORT "Healing Autism: No Finer a Cause on the Planet" Wednesday, November 12, 2003 Vol. 7 No. 226 NOTE: Third Update November Calendar of Events is now out Over 50 New Events Listed Since November 1! http://home.doitnow.com/~events CARE * NY Best Buddies Help Disabled Find Special Friendships * A Conflict of Interest in Kansas? RESEARCH * Emerging Field of Epigenetics Hints At New Culprits In Disease TREATMENT * Pill May Help People Overcome Fears FORENSIC * Surprise Ending To Lurid Trial EDUCATION * Group Says 'Lawsuit Culture' Hampers Schools COMMENTARY * Litigaphobia or Fear of Accountability? CARE NY Best Buddies Help Disabled Find Special Friendships They say good friends are hard to find, and as you grow older, you realize that's true. [John Gray is an anchor at WTEN News Channel 13. His column appears every Wednesday.] http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/7232283.htm
VITA students who were completing a schoolbased special. education practicum. 1987 - Winter Educational Assessment Planning for Learning disabled Adults. vermont. http://www.uwsp.edu/Education/dupham/ProPort/Vita/Vita.htm
Extractions: DAYLE ANN UPHAM 460 College of Professional Studies University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, WI H W dupham@uwsp.edu Fax: 715-346-4846 EDUCATION WISCONSIN TEACHING LICENSES RELATED EXPERIENCE DISTINCTIONS ... REFERENCES EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, Educational Psychology/Special Education, July 1994. M.Ed. Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, Special Education, May 1988. B.S. Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, Elementary and Special Education, Psychology Minor, 1986. A.G.S. New Hampshire Technical Institute, Concord, New Hampshire, WISCONSIN TEACHING LICENSES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 22 Pre-kindergarten Through Grade 12 810 Cognitive Disability 22 Pre-kindergarten Through Grade 12 811 Learning Disability 22 Pre-kindergarten Through Grade 12 830 Emotional Disturbance 42 Elementary 118 First Thru Eighth Grade 43 Substitute Teacher 118 First Thru Eighth Grade 43 Substitute Teacher 810 Cognitive Disability RELATED EXPERIENCE 1996 - Present Associate Professor of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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