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Sekulowicz, Malgorzata; Sekulowicz, Agnieszka – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2015
The changing of the political and economic systems in Poland ushered in changes in the education system, including special education. After many years of segregation and social exclusion of children with disabilities, ideas of autonomy, normalization, and integration initiated the building of a modern system of education of children and youth.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Educational Change, Educational History
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1998
This education management profile of Uzbekistan contains the following: basic information about the country, key educational indicators, brief comments about the country and its history, a description of the education system, the management of education, access to education and school enrollment, problems and challenges, educational reform in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Educational Administration, Educational Change
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1998
This education management profile of Thailand contains the following: basic information about the country, key educational indicators, brief comments about the country and its history, a description of the education system, the management of education, access to education and school enrollment, problems and challenges, educational reform in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Educational Administration, Educational Change
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1998
This education management profile of the People's Republic of China contains the following: basic information about the country, key educational indicators, brief comments about the country, a description of the education system, the management of education, access to education and school enrollment, problems and challenges, educational reform in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demography, Educational Administration, Educational Change

Hendrick, Irving G.; MacMillan, Donald L. – Journal of Special Education, 1989
This paper describes efforts to establish ungraded classes for mildly retarded children in New York City from 1900-1920, focusing on struggles to find and train qualified teachers, correctly identify children to be served, and provide ample classroom space. The introduction of intelligence testing is also examined. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield. – 2000
This document consists of a series of questions generally asked about charter schools. Charter-school personnel provided a major portion of the information. The questions are as follows: "What are charter schools?""What do Illinois charter schools look like?""What flexibility do charter schools have?""How are…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Demography, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education

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
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
All superintendents of schools in cities of 5,000 population and over were recently invited by the United States Commissioner of Education to describe plans or methods they had worked out in their respective schools during the past few years. In response to this invitation, several hundred letters were received. Some gave complete accounts of one…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Educational Innovation, School Administration