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Domanico, Ray – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2023
In New York State, private and religious schools are required to offer a curriculum "substantially equivalent" to what is available in local public schools. Substantial equivalency--which has been law for nearly 130 years--allows parents to direct the education of their children by enrolling them in the school of their choice, while also…
Descriptors: Judaism, Religious Schools, Legal Problems, Beliefs
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Frink, Melissa Daniel; Whitmire, Kathleen A.; Bogdan, Georgiann – Topics in Language Disorders, 2015
A growing number of high school students with disabilities are planning to continue their education in postsecondary schools, including vocational and career schools, 2- and 4-year colleges, and universities (U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 2011). The transition from secondary settings to postsecondary settings presents…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, High School Students, Disabilities, College Bound Students
Marschark, Marc, Ed.; Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2010
"The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 2," is an updated edition of the landmark original volume. A range of international experts present a comprehensive overview of the field of deaf studies, language, and education. This area has grown dramatically over the past forty years. From work on the linguistics…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Linguistics, Sign Language
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1997
The handbook is designed to help Colorado school systems address the linguistic and educational needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students and to provide administrators, school boards members, and educators with resources for understanding state and federal requirements. It is intended to help design and establish local policies and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), Compliance (Legal), Educational Planning
Kydd, Donna L. – 1979
This work emphasizes the culture and characteristics of native people as they relate to legal education and information programs and serves as a guide for designing and implementing these programs. The literature review stresses five program requisites: (1) community commitment to the program, (2) incorporation of traditional laws and customs in…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Cognitive Style
Mojab, Shahrzad; McDonald, Susan – 2001
A comparative study of the impact of violence on immigrant women's learning was conducted among immigrant women of two communities in the Toronto area: the Spanish-speaking community and the Kurds. The two authors of the study each worked with one of the communities in which they had knowledge of the language. An in-depth, non-structured,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Anxiety, Battered Women