In recent years, more than 700,000 children aged 3 through 5 years identified with speech or language impairments (44%), developmental delay (37%), autism (9%), and other disabilities (10%) received federally supported special education services. For our republished article in the inaugural issue of the 50th anniversary volume, we have selected a…

As a teacher of the deaf as well as the classroom teacher, Kimberly Mockler works very closely with the teacher of the visually impaired. This involves sharing ideas, resources, and lesson plans for the deaf/blind students. Their lessons and goals are very similar and overlap in several areas. A major challenge for both of them is maintaining high…

Background/Context: This article considers the ways in which school systems in New York City and Amsterdam have shaped the educational trajectories of two groups of relatively disadvantaged immigrant youth: the children of Dominican immigrants in New York and the children of Moroccan immigrants in Amsterdam. It describes the salient features of…

This New York State school developed a program that improved student attendance. The program required no additional funding but specified that students be grouped by attendance and that special techniques be employed to supervise and monitor them. (MD)

Educators in the U.S. and Japan have developed an international program to promote creative thinking in science. Their program includes a science fair component. This paper (which has been presented in both the U.S. and Japan) discusses creativity and describes a science fair activity, that the authors recently carried out in Japan. The special…

New York State's Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) now serve approximately 30,000 handicapped children, whose disabilities range from mild to severe. BOCES provide shared services to two or more member school districts that initiate the request when one or the other is unable to provide such services economically or efficiently…

Contends that a New York "voucher plan," intended to serve more children in need of special services, is being abused. (Author)

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS ARE GIVEN OF PROGRAMS FOR CULTURALLY DEPRIVED IN THE COMMUNITIES OF BEDFORD, GREENBURG, KINGSTON, AND OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH. IN THE FIRST THREE, SPECIAL PROGRAMS ARE BENEFITING ELEMENTARY GRADE PUPILS IN MIDDLE-CLASS COMMUNITIES. IN THE FOURTH, A RURAL COMMUNITY, ABOVE AVERAGE STUDENTS WITH LOW READING LEVELS ARE SELECTED FOR AN…

STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS "HARD-CORE" FUTURE DROPOUTS BY COUNSELORS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SHOULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER FOR A COMPREHENSIVE, SHORT-TERM COURSE. SOME OF THE REALISTIC OBJECTIVES OF A TERMINAL PROGRAM FOR POTENTIAL DROPOUTS ARE--TO PREPARE STUDENTS WHO ARE DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL FOR IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT, TO…

A review of the current status of children who were placed in foster care in New York City as infants or as preschool children. Emphasizes the need to stress plans for permanency. A supplement on data from upstate New York is appended. (BD)

Because ninth grade is such a tough year for many students, some school districts have created special academies or other programs to provide special attention to students in the first year of high school. Studies show that ninth-graders have the most discipline incidents and retentions, and are most likely to drop out. In this paper, the author…

A SPECIAL TRIAL STUDY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WAS INITIATED FOR STUDENTS WHOSE PAST ACADEMIC RECORDS WOULD NOT NORMALLY HAVE QUALIFIED THEM FOR ADMISSION TO COLLEGE. STUDENTS WHO HAD MAINTAINED LESS THAN A 75 AVERAGE IN HIGH SCHOOL WERE ALLOWED TO MATRICULATE IN A REDUCED PROGRAM OF STUDIES IN THE EVENING DIVISION. THE STUDENTS WERE ALSO REQUIRED TO…

A number of the provisions of the "New York State Board of Regents Action Plan To Improve Elementary and Secondary Education Results in New York" and the revised Part 100 of the Education Commissioner's Regulations have implications for the education of gifted students. The provisions include: (1) allowing able students to accelerate so…

The Secondary Education Through Health Program (SETH) offers a means by which minority and disadvantaged high school students may acquire experience and knowledge in the health field while completing their senior year. Each year, a group of students from New York City high schools is selected to participate in the program, held at the Mount Sinai…

SIXTY-SIX PROGRAMS FOR THE POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL DROPOUT, THE EARLY SCHOOL LEAVER, THE EMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED AND UNEMPLOYED YOUTHS AND ADULTS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF THE PROGRAM TITLE, YEAR OF ORIGIN, PURPOSE OF PROGRAM, METHOD OF OPERATION, GRADES, AGES, AND NUMBERS SERVICES, FACILITIES UTILIZED, AND ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST. PRESENTATION IS AS…