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Esposito, Mary C.; Lal, Shirley; Berlin, Dawn – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study examined the effectiveness of the application of the Professional Development School (PDS) Model (Holmes Group, 1986), to an alternative special education (SPED) credential program designed to prepare SPED teachers (for culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse urban K-12 schools and to ease SPED teachers shortages within our…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Shortage, Special Education Teachers
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Mather, Nancy; Gregg, Noel; Simon, Jo Anne – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
In a recent court case, Andrew H. K. Wong was dismissed from University of California at Davis medical school. He sued the university for discrimination, in violation of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), but lost. Unfortunately, these types of court decisions and the overly mechanistic and rigid interpretations of ADA are threatening the…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests