Collaboration is an indispensable tool to promote and increase research. However, little is known about the role of women in collaborative efforts among educational scholars, especially in developing countries, such as Chile. We apply social network analysis (SNA) to examine the relationships and patterns that emerge from a dataset retrieved from…

This article presents a view of barriers to effective gifted program evaluation resulting from ineffective tools for measuring growth in gifted students and the human barriers confounding the evaluation process. The role of advocacy in the design, implementation, and utilization of evaluation studies is examined. Long held beliefs and biases…

Federal laws such as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and Rehabilitation Act 1973 Section 504 confirm the role of school nurses in serving students with disabilities. Both proactive and reactive roles are affected by case law and the changing demographics of school populations. (SK)