There has been a long-standing history of segregation and exclusion of students with disabilities from receiving a quality education in public school districts throughout the country. In response to the growing outcry for equal opportunities for students with and without special needs, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act…

In this article, Shital Shah, who supports community schools as assistant director for educational issues at the American Federation of Teachers, and Natasha Capers, a coordinator for the New York City Coalition for Educational Justice (CEJ), a parent-led collaborative of unions and community organizations, discuss the community schools movement…

In 2010, Jean Stevens from the New York State Education Department addressed a group of NY state administrators and shared, "It is no mistake that inquiry-based learning is throughout the Common Core." That was a cornerstone cry for which only school librarians knew the significance. After years of fighting for turf as a poor fief, it…

Potential students hoping to gauge the quality of courses at Portland State University might be forgiven for feeling confused. On the one hand, the University Studies program, which uses interdisciplinary seminars during the first two years to develop students' core skills, has been widely praised and emulated. The Council for Higher Education…

Using interviews with district and school personnel and documents from state and district web sites in three districts in New York State, the study examines practices for identifying learning disabilities among students who are English language learners and the challenges that arise. Specifically, two research questions guided the project: (1)…

In response to Mr. Kozol's December article, Mr. Slavin maintains that, while everyone is entitled to form his or her own opinion of Success for All, Mr. Kozol misrepresented the program. In particular, Mr. Kozol neglected to mention the substantial gains made by students in the very schools that he is so concerned about. (Contains 2 figures and 9…

SEVERAL GROUPS OF EDUCATORS AND EX-EDUCATORS WERE IDENTIFIED AND COMPARED WITH RESPECT TO APTITUDE VARIABLES AND CERTAIN REACTIONS TO THE JOB OF TEACHING. A SPECIAL QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO THE STUDY SAMPLE OF APPROXIMATELY 660 CLASSROOM TEACHERS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, COLLEGE TEACHERS, EX-SCHOOL TEACHERS, AND EX-COLLEGE TEACHERS--ALL OF…

THIS APPENDIX TO "THE CUE REPORT," ED 010 373, CONTAINS TEST FORMS FOR STUDENT AND TEACHER EVALUATION OF CUE, SAMPLE SEGMENTS OF VARIOUS MATERIALS PREPARED FOR CUE, AND NEWSLETTERS AND NEWS ARTICLES WHICH DESCRIBE CUE PROJECTS. CUE (CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ENRICHMENT) WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ENRICH THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES…

THIS SURVEY REPORT INDICATES THE EXTENT TO WHICH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION HAS HAD AN EFFECT ON USER AND NONUSER ALIKE. THE FAMILIARITY OF NONUSERS WITH PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION IS BELIEVED TO BE AN INDICATION OF THE IMPACT THIS NEW INSTRUCTIONAL APPROACH WILL HAVE UPON EDUCATION. MOST SCHOOLS USING PROGRAMS ARE IN THE TRIAL STAGE. A FEW ARE USING THEIR…

In 1972, the H.E.A. Title I staff, with the advice and consent of the New York State Advisory Council on Postsecondary Continuing Education, the Board of Regents, and the U.S.O.E., adopted as one of two priorities for a statewide program that of encouraging regional projects in postsecondary continuing education to provide information on: (1)…

PROJECT INNOVATION SURVEYED THE RANGE OF INTERDISTRICT COOPERATION AMONG THE SCHOOLS OF THE NIAGARA FRONTIER OF NEW YORK STATE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE SHARING OF SERVICES IN METROPOLITAN AREAS TO REDUCE COSTS, TO COMPLY WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS, AND TO PROVIDE QUALITY EDUCATION TO STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. INTERVIEWS WITH LOCAL…

County school superintendents' thoughts on education in 1845, drawn from the New York State superintendent's annual report and analyzed in this article, provide an enriching historical perspective for today's administrator. (MCG)

Directed to all New York State business education teachers, other teachers, and business and educational groups, this report contains recommendations made by the Statewide Business Review Committee. Report topics include the following: student populations to be served; business education programs; core requirements of the business education…

Utilizing a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Rochester Schools Alternative Study has been established to study the possibilities of developing an education system which would: (1) include a variety of learning programs based partially on the best aspects of those previously tried and (2) provide parents and teachers a choice in…

GROUPS OF TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS ARE COMPARED IN TERMS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYMENT, SOURCE OF WORKERS, AND EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS. SURVEY FINDINGS ARE GIVEN FOR EMPLOYER TRAINING PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYER VIEWS AND POLICIES ON THE UTILIZATION OF TECHNICIANS. THE SURVEY DATA WERE DERIVED FROM A SAMPLE OF 17,414 ESTABLISHMENTS…