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Download full textNewton, Priscilla, Ed. – TASH Newsletter, 2000
This document comprises the nine issues of the 1999-2000 TASH Newsletter. Each issue includes news items, conference information, and articles. Major articles include the following: "1998 TASH Annual Conference: Inclusion Roundtable"; "1998 TASH Conference Keynote Address (Zuhy Sayeed); "Do Not Resuscitate - Whose Choice Is…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
Network (Supplement), 1983
This supplement summarizes the National Commission on Excellence in Education's final report "A Nation at Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform" and offers guidelines for citizens interested in forming their own commission on excellence. Resource organizations and publications for local commissions are listed. Theses and recommendations of…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Community Action, Educational Improvement
Goodman, Bryan, Ed. – Child Advocates: Making a Difference, 2002., 2002
This document is comprised of 11 issues of a newsletter providing information on current child advocacy initiatives and accomplishments. Each issue describes one local or state child advocacy program or initiative and its accomplishments, highlighting National Association of Child Advocates (NACA) member initiatives that have resulted in concrete…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Child Caregivers, Child Health
Lalley, Jacqueline, Ed. – Connection, 1995
This document consists or the six issues of the Family Resource Coalition's newsletter "Connection" published in 1995. These newsletter issues explore matters pertaining to family support and related programs. Featured articles are as follows: (January-February) "Board Approves Long-Range Plan, Reaffirms FRC's [Family Resource…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Block Grants, Community Development, Community Programs
Walsh, Mark; Gehring, John; Gewertz, Catherine; Zehr, Mary Ann; Robelen, Eric W. – Education Week, 2002
These articles highlight reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling upholding the Cleveland voucher program. "Justices Settle Case, Nettle Policy Debate" (Mark Walsh) discusses how the ruling has rejuvenated the school choice movement and reinvigorated debates over how best to improve education for all students. "Voucher…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Catholic Schools, Court Litigation, Educational Vouchers
Wechsler, Harold, Ed. – Higher Education Advocate, 1989
Twelve issues of the National Education Association's (NEA) newsletter for NEA members in higher education focus on the following subjects: (1) NEA endorsement of Dukakis candidacy, and organizing at Southern Illinois University; (2) Dukakis STARS plan: a solid solution, and the Dukakis advantage; (3) the 100th Congress: praise from NEA, and the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Educational Assessment, Higher Education, National Programs
Wechsler, Harold, Ed. – Higher Education Advocate, 1988
Thirteen issues of the National Education Association (NEA) newsletter highlight the following: (1) Bork, Supreme Court nomination and NEA affiliate win on pay bias suit; (2) NEA presidential endorsements; (3) TIAA-CREF (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund) response to critics held inadequate; (4) NEA…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Advocacy, Educational Assessment, Higher Education
Hayden, Mary, Ed.; Ransom, Barbara, Ed.; Obermayer, Liz, Ed. – Impact, 1997
This feature issue of "Impact" focuses on persons with developmental disabilities and the justice system. Articles include: "The Invisible Victims" (Daniel D. Sorensen), which discusses the high rate of people with developmental and other severe disabilities who become victims of crime; "The ADA in the Justice System"…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights Legislation, Criminal Law, Developmental Disabilities
Scarr, Margaret, Ed.; Varro, Tim, Ed. – BCATA Journal for Art Teachers, 1993
This theme issue presents art advocacy as a necessary means of bringing art and art education to an elevated status in the elementary secondary curriculum and educational system. Articles include: (1) "Editor's View" (Margaret Scarr); (2) "Art Education: Why Is It Important" (Arts Education Partnership Working Group); (3)…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Art Education, Change Strategies, Cultural Differences
Lakin, Charlie, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1993
This newsletter feature issue focuses on quality assurance and innovative efforts to enhance service quality for persons with developmental disabilities. Individual articles include: "Redesigning Quality Assurance" (Clarence J. Sundram); "Quality Assurance, Quality Enhancement" (Charlie Lakin et al.); "Challenging…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
ASPBAE Courier, 1994
This issue contains nine papers dealing with influencing public policy through advocacy and lobbying. "Influencing Public Policy" (Rajesh Tandon) looks at opportunities nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have for influencing public policy and constraints to advocacy. "Recent Changes in the Global Aid Environment" (Sunimal Fernando) considers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Advocacy, Agency Role, Community Education
Home School Court Report, 1990
Feature articles contained in the four issues of volume 6 of this periodical for families who practice home schooling concern the response of the United States Senate to political pressure from home schoolers; a "declaration of war" on religious freedom by conservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court; the likelihood that the Congress will pass a…
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Gabbard, Glenn – Early Childhood Bulletin, 1998
Parents of children with disabilities are frequently asked to tell all or part of their family's life story. These stories are potentially powerful ways to develop empathic relationships among parents and professionals. This document discusses ways parents can prepare and present their stories so that key themes are emphasized and the information…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedBuchanan, H. Edsel, Ed.; And Others – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1983
Three articles discuss: (1) the importance of play for developing children's self-esteem and sense of control over their environment; (2) features that will probably characterize children's play in the future; and (3) the need for a national commitment to better playgrounds. Activities of national and international organizations concerned with…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Needs, Foreign Countries
NCERI Bulletin, 1996
This discussion of inclusive education programs for students with disabilities is organized around a series of comments by critics of the trend and responses to these comments by inclusion advocates. Responses are provided to the following criticisms of inclusion: (1) inclusion is a "one size fits all" approach; (2) inclusion does not have…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Criticism, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy
