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Mandel, Zoë; Pendola, Andrew – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
Accountability policies in education play a significant role for the principals tasked with facilitating the implementation of these reforms at the school-level. While these policies are most often intended to improve student outcomes, this is not always the case. In some instances, these policies can prove detrimental to schools, yet principals…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Principals, Labor Turnover, Special Education
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Sumbera, Meagan J.; Pazey, Barbara L.; Lashley, Carl – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2014
Confusion among school leaders regarding how to interpret and implement special education legislation, and specific federal and state policies and mandates such as a free and appropriate public education (FAPE), in the least restrictive environment (LRE) at the school-site level has existed since the 1970s and continues to exist. This…
Descriptors: Public Education, Principals, Educational Facilities, School Buildings
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Palladino, John M.; Giesler, Mark A. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2012
A significant population of foster care infants and toddlers access early special education services under the parameters of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)-Part C. A dearth of literature exists about special education interventionists' services for this particular population. In response, we conducted a government-funded…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Infants, Toddlers, Disabilities
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Wheeler, Deborah S.; LaRocco, Diana J. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2009
The purpose of this study was to describe special education administrators' reports of the social supports (House, 1981) that ameliorate the stress inherent in their professional role. This study used a mixed methods design and was conducted in two sequential phases involving 153 special education administrators in a northeastern state. During…
Descriptors: Special Education, Public Education, Administrator Role, Social Support Groups
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Summers, Amy P.; Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret – School Psychology Quarterly, 2000
Based on the theory of Street-Level Bureaucracy, this exploratory study examines implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by school psychologists. Six school psychologists and their supervisors participated. Results show that when school psychologists experience conflict in their work, they develop coping strategies…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Coping, Counselor Role, School Psychologists
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Crockett, Jean B.; Myers, Susan T.; Griffin, Amy; Hollandsworth, Barry – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
In this study focus group interviews were conducted with educational administrators to examine how the inclusion of students with learning disabilities has changed their professional lives in ways they did not expect, and how inclusion has changed the lives of students with learning disabilities and the lives of other students in their schools in…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups, Academic Achievement