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Sapon-Shevin, Mara – Exceptional Children, 1987
The article examines the omission of special education as a focus of concern in recent national reports and analyses concerned with excellence in education, including negative implications for low-achieving students and those currently receiving special services. The effect of current political and economic variables on educational trends is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Davis, Sharon – 1992
This paper presents a summary of the current status of efforts to include students with mental retardation in mainstream educational programs. It begins with a summary of a New Jersey federal court's ruling requiring more inclusive education and a discussion of the commitment of the Arc (formerly The Association for Retarded Citizens of the United…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education