This manual sets forth the standards, criteria, and procedures used in the process of recognizing teacher education institutions and approving teacher education programs in Illinois. Section one provides a description of the recognition and approval process, while section two presents the standards for institutional recognition and the criteria…

The history of educational programming for the handicapped has unfortunately been one of quiet discrimination. This pattern has come from the evolution of an isolation-based society. Society is moving increasingly toward the human and equity-based treatment of disabled people. Reflecting some court decisions, the Education of the Handicapped Act…