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Direct linkLawrie, JaKyta M.; Fonseca, Dora A. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This report focused on the problem of many principals not having knowledge and training to supervise English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Education (SPED) programs and be an effective instructional leader for specialized programs in their buildings. Principals are responsible for day to day operations for their building; however, the role of…
Descriptors: Principals, Knowledge Level, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Fonseca, Dora A.; Lawrie, JaKyta M. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This report focused on the problem of many principals not having knowledge and training to supervise English Language Learner (ELL) and Special Education (SPED) programs and be an effective instructional leader for specialized programs in their buildings. Principals are responsible for day to day operations for their building; however, the role of…
Descriptors: Principals, Knowledge Level, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications
Peer reviewedMcFarland, Laura; Williams, Jacob; Miciak, Jeremy – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
Content analyses of journals in the field of LD provide a means of surveying research and publication trends, the knowledge of which may inform policy and practice related to future research agendas. As the first decade of the current millennium was particularly contentious for the field of LD, we felt that a content review would be timely. In…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Periodicals, Content Analysis
Pennington, Robert; Courtade, Ginevra; Jones Ault, Melinda; Delano, Monica – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
Despite encouraging changes in the expectations of programming for persons with moderate to severe intellectual disability (MSD), data suggest that programs for these individuals are still lacking in several critical areas. Building administrators play a key role in promoting high quality programs for students with MSD within local schools but may…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Severe Intellectual Disability, Administrator Role
Villa, Richard A., Ed.; Thousand, Jacqueline S., Ed. – ASCD, 2016
This book provides an in-depth, research-based guide for ensuring that your school provides the federally guaranteed "least restrictive environment" for students no matter the severity of the challenges they face. "Leading an Inclusive School: Access and Success for ALL Students" offers administrators, teachers, and other…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Access to Education, Evidence Based Practice, Disabilities
McGinnis, J. Randy – Theory Into Practice, 2013
A fundamental social justice issue worldwide is how to meet the needs of all learners, especially those with special needs who historically have faced discrimination, exclusion, and oppression due to special needs (physical, cognitive, or behavioral dimensions). This article focuses on the key questions that researchers interested in improving…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Social Justice, Disabilities, Equal Education
Roberts, Carly A.; Leko, Melinda M.; Wilkerson, Kimber L. – Remedial and Special Education, 2013
This article reports findings from a literature review on literacy instruction for adolescents with significant cognitive disabilities. Nineteen empirical studies published between 1975 and 2011 were included in the review and analyzed based on characteristics of interventions. The results were examined to determine whether the state of research…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Adolescents, Mental Retardation, Intervention
Eddy, Steve Eugene – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Educating students with disabilities gained national attention in 1975 with the passage of Public Law 94-142 the Education of All Handicapped Children Act. This law provided students with disabilities with equal access to the same free and appropriate education as students without disabilities, and mandated that schools provide students with…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, College Students, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Rock, Marcia L.; Gregg, Madeleine; Ellis, Edwin; Gable, Robert A. – Preventing School Failure, 2008
Today, teachers are responsible not only for meeting the diverse needs of all students but also for ensuring improved educational outcomes. Accordingly, school personnel are seeking proven ways to strengthen traditional classroom practices. Beginning with the plight of two teachers--one general and one special education--the authors offer a…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Access to Education, Literature Reviews
Ashton, Jennifer L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Since the passage of PL 94-142, also known as the Education of All Handicapped Children Act, in 1975, special and general educators have been urged to work together to improve the education of children with disabilities through increased access to the general education curriculum. Over the years, the evolution of a collaborative approach to…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Inclusion, Disabilities, Discourse Analysis
Zigmond, Naomi; Kloo, Amanda; Volonino, Victoria – Exceptionality, 2009
After the passage of PL 94-142 in 1975 guaranteeing a free, appropriate, public education to all students with disabilities, multiple reauthorizations of IDEA have refined, revised, and renewed the nation's moral and pedagogical commitment to providing well-planned, public, inclusive, and appropriate education to all students with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Public Policy, Special Education
Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Hazelkorn, Michael – Focus on Exceptional Children, 2007
June 22, 2007, was the 25th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley (hereafter Rowley; 1982). In Rowley, the Supreme Court interpreted congressional intent in requiring that public schools provide a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to students with…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Programs, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities
Sideridis, Georgios D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2007
This special issue deals with the identification and remediation criteria/practices employed in several countries regarding learning disabilities (LD). An analysis of the identification criteria suggests that most countries follow early law mandates of the United States (e.g., PL 94-142) regarding the definition of the disorder and use the…
Descriptors: Identification, Remedial Instruction, Learning Disabilities, International Studies
