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Garfunkel, Frank – Equity and Choice, 1986
Concept of "special education" focuses on schools' duty to develop programs that include and educate even the most difficult of the disabled. The concept of "school failure" puts the responsibility on the students, excluding them, though they also have a "disability.""Zero reject" concept, which includes all students, is recommended. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Accountability, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Madden, J. Vincent; Benner, Ralph – 1971
Based upon 1969-70 ESEA Title I entitlements, this report represents an analysis of cost factors of the 25 largest school districts in California in effectively implementing compensatory education programs in both reading and mathematics in four or more grade levels. Numerous statistical data are given. Some districts reported a month-for-month…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Involvement
Parti, Michael; Adelman, Irma – 1971
This study identifies the policy variables that are effective in increasing student verbal achievement in urban grammar schools and high schools, and estimates the impact of these variables upon verbal achievement, expected years of education completed by a typical student, and expected lifetime earnings of a typical student. A theoretical model…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Accountability, Elementary Education
Hettleman, Kalman – Abell Foundation, 2004
Special education instruction in the Baltimore City Public School System (BCPSS) for students with learning difficulties is shamefully ineffective. These students, usually classified as having a "Specific Learning Disability" or "Speech and language impairment," comprise more than half of all children receiving special…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Federal Legislation, At Risk Students
Hettleman, Kalman R. – Abell Foundation, 2004
Students with disabilities across the nation, including Baltimore City, are failing to achieve their academic potential. Inadequate instruction and other inappropriate or unlawful practices cause and conceal the dysfunction of special education. At long last, the illusion and broken promises of special education have been publicly exposed. Under…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Federal Legislation, At Risk Students