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A Half Century of Special Education: What We Have Achieved and the Challenges We Face
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Weintraub, Frederick J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2012
Almost 50 years ago, while President of CEC, Frances Connor delivered a presidential address entitled "The Sword and the Spirit." She called for five revolutions. The first revolution called for increasing the quantity and quality of special education teachers. The second stated that "special education depends upon an intensive…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Mentors, Teacher Shortage, Educational Improvement
National Trends in the Sources of Supply of Teachers in Special and General Education
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Cook, Lynne H.; Boe, Erling E. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2007
This paper addresses the national quantity demand, supply, and shortage of special education teachers (SETs) in comparison to general education teachers (GETs). The main data source was the 1999-00 Schools and Staffing Survey. Results indicated that the total demand for SETs increased 38% from 240,000 in 1987-88 to 330,000 in 1999-00, a rate of…
Descriptors: General Education, Graduates, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
Implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act [Public Law 94-142], 1987. Ninth Annual Report to Congress. Summary of Information on the Supply of and Demand for Personnel. Reporting Data on the 1984-85 School Year.
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National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, Reston, VA. – 1989
This paper summarizes information reported by states for the 1984-1985 school year on supply of and demand for personnel necessary for implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act. Following a narrative section which synthesizes the statistics, tables give data for numbers of teachers needed and employed, broken down by handicapping…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act [Public Law 94-142], 1988. Tenth Annual Report to Congress. Summary of Information on the Supply of and Demand for Personnel. Reporting Data on the 1985-86 School Year.
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National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, Reston, VA. – 1989
This paper summarizes information reported by states for the 1985-86 school year on supply of and demand for personnel necessary for implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act. Following a narrative section which synthesizes the statistics, tables give data for numbers of teachers needed and employed, broken down by handicapping…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is Slow in Providing Special Education Services to All Handicapped Indian Children.
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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
Many handicapped Indian children in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools are not receiving the benefits of special education services due to problems caused by poor leadership and a lack of emphasis on the program. Because of the late and incomplete evaluation of students, too few special education teachers have been hired, and funds that should…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Indian Relationship