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National Art Education Association, 2020
The arts disciplines (visual arts, music, theatre, and dance) merit and require formal study. Policy makers should support studies in the arts as core disciplines, as specified in the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)," the federal legislation that sets policy and appropriations for public education. The arts merit and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Early Childhood Education, Equal Education, Graduation Requirements
Masat, Lawrence J.; Schack, Fred K. – Principal, 1981
For handicapped children to receive adequate instruction in the regular classroom, appropriate placement of the mainstreamed child and sufficient resources and services to support the regular classroom teacher are just as important as teaching skills. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming
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Maroney, Sharon A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
This article identifies classroom resources recommended for beginning special education teachers. Resources are grouped into six categories: (1) developing professionalism; (2) basics for effective instruction; (3) academic instruction; (4) cognitive-behavioral instruction; (5) behavioral management; and (6) classroom extras. Resources include…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Educational Resources
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Bergen, Doris – Childhood Education, 2002
Discusses advantages of technology such as handheld computers in classrooms that include children with disabilities. Asks how technological devices affect very young children with or without disabilities and reviews criteria for selecting software, Web sites, and resources for teaching with technology. (DLH)
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Educational Resources
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Cook, Bryan G.; And Others – Exceptionality, 1997
Reflects on research that showed that, as reading ability of students without disabilities increased in schools engaged in "effective schools" reforms, the reading ability of students with disabilities decreased. Concerns are raised that resources previously devoted to special education programs may serve to infuse general school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Adult Literacy & Basic Skills Unit Newsletter, 1989
This packet contains the four issues of a newsletter published in 1989 by the Adult Literacy & Basic Skills Unit in England. The Winter issue contains the following articles: "After the Act"; "An Evening at the Theatre"; "Horticulture: A Practical Project with Autistic Adults"; "Shared Reading"; and "Literacy and Adult Basic Education in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Autism, Classroom Techniques
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Adult Learning and Literacy Clearinghouse. – 1996
The fact sheets in this packet provide updated information about the following: (1) the Federal Adult Education and Literacy Program; (2) the major estimates and definitions of adult illiteracy in the United States; (3) volunteerism; (4) the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Clearinghouse; (5) literacy education for older adults; (6) adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Clearinghouses, Correctional Education
Walker, Sylvia, Ed.; And Others – 1986
The proceedings of a 1984 conference on improving rehabilitation services to minority populations with handicaps contains 24 papers grouped into six sections. Two papers in the first section focus on changes which have occurred in the rehabilitation systems and current challenges. The second section, which focuses on research, contains five papers…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Blacks, Career Development, Disabilities
Hollenback, E. F., Comp. – 1983
These proceedings contain 46 papers presented at a summer workshop on vocational guidance. The first two papers, presented at general sessions, deal with equal access/sex equity and problems in Vocational Education Data System reports. The remaining 44 presentations are divided into these nine categories (with representative topics): testing (the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Career Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Workplace Preparation and Continuing Education. – 1995
The New York State School-to-Work Opportunities System Plan, which is based on New York's original application for a federal school-to-work implementation grant and contains the 23 federally required elements, outlines the state's plans to develop and implement a statewide school-to-work opportunities system within a 9-year period. The plan…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Career Awareness, Career Education