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Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides; Sarah L. Woulfin; Natasha Strassfeld; Isabel Meltzer – AERA Open, 2024
We employ the metaphor of an educational ecosystem to explain how racial inequity in special education manifests in a midsized urban school district via equity expressions and experiences. We focus on two ecosystems operating at the mesol-evel within school districts: 1) special education and 2) equity ecosystems. We show how these educational…
Descriptors: Special Education, Racial Discrimination, Equal Education, Educational Environment
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Hickman, Barbara J. – Journal of Education, 2022
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has undergone revisions roughly every 5 years since inception. Despite these modifications, the academic and social outcomes for students with disabilities lag behind those of their regular education peers. Results-Driven Accountability (RDA) was initiated to improve special education outcomes and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2007
Supplemental educational services (SES) is a component of the omnibus Elementary and Secondary Education Act usually referred to as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001. The law authorizes many programs besides SES, most notably Title I grants targeted to meet the needs of children in high poverty schools. As defined in the non-regulatory…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Disabilities
Perry, Deborah F. – NEC*TAS Notes, 1991
This paper describes options available to states for distributing funds for preschool education programs in light of the mandate of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that states must provide a free public education to children with disabilities, age 3 through 5 years. It begins with a general discussion of the different types of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation
Gonzalez, Patricia – 1992
This study analyzed the special education program evaluation practices of 49 states and the District of Columbia based on states' required reporting under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and on state plans. Comparison of the results with those from a 1984 study suggests the following trends: (1) an increase in the number…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
Fishbaugh, Mary Susan – 1992
This manual, developed in Montana, is intended to assist schools in complying with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which requires the provision of services to people with disabilities in a nondiscriminatory manner. The first section provides an introduction to Section 504, noting that some students not covered by the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Attention Deficit Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities