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Direct linkDosun Ko; Dian Mawene; Yehyang Lee; Sumin Lim; Jahyun Yoo – Exceptional Children, 2025
In the U.S. education system, students of color experience multiple forms of marginalization at the intersection of markers of difference. These injustices manifest in multiple forms, such as higher rates of inappropriate referrals to special education, misidentification, conferring stigmatizing labels, and subsequently placing students of color…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Equal Education, Racism
Turnbull, Rud; Stowe, Matthew J. – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2017
This article describes a 12-step model that can be used for policy analysis. The model encompasses policy development, implementation, and evaluation; takes into account structural foundations of policy; addresses both legal formalism and legal realism; demonstrates contextual sensitivity; and addresses application issues and different…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Policy Analysis, Models
Brown, Tara M. – Educational Policy, 2012
This article examines school removals and transitions among nine special education students. First, the Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the local school discipline policy and special education contexts are discussed. Next, drawing from participants' narrative accounts, the ways in which policy mandates and contextual…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Policy, Special Education, Discipline
Hebbeler, Kathleen; Spiker, Donna; Kahn, Lynne – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2012
National policy affects local practice in a variety of ways and through a variety of mechanisms. In this article, the authors examine what has been learned from Individuals With Disabilities Education Act's (IDEA) two early childhood (EC) programs about the power and limitations of policy as a lever to improve the lives of young children.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disabilities, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Drang, Debra; McLaughlin, Margaret J. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2008
When the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now known as the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act [IDEA]) was initially passed in 1975, it indicated that districts were required to provide children in private schools with access to special education and related services, but it was unclear whether they were entitled to…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Disabilities, School Districts, Special Education
Gordon, David T., Ed.; Gravel, Jenna W., Ed.; Schifter, Laura A., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2009
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) stands at the forefront of contemporary efforts to create access to education curricula for all students, including those with disabilities. This policy reader comprises a notably wide range of articles that address the challenges and opportunities facing policy makers as they consider UDL's implications for…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Learning Theories, Teacher Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
Download full textZatta, Mary C.; Pullin, Diana C. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2004
State and federal mandates for education reform call for increased accountability and the inclusion of students with disabilities in all accountability efforts. In the rush to implement high-stakes education reforms, particularly those involving tests or assessments, the particular needs of students with severe cognitive disabilities are only now…
Descriptors: Special Education, Inclusive Schools, Alternative Assessment, Disabilities
