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Download full textNorth Central Regional Educational Lab., Naperville, IL. – 2003
This pamphlet is intended to help educators understand the fundamentals of what the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) Title III means for their educational programs and curricula to help all limited English proficient (LEP) students and immigrant children and youth succeed in learning English and meeting the same challenging state academic content…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accountability
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Washington, DC. – 2002
This module on one's rights as a consumer is one of ten in the Money Smart curriculum, and includes an instructor guide and a take-home guide. It was developed to help adults outside the financial mainstream enhance their money skills and create positive banking relationships. It is designed to enable participants to become familiar with their…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Banking, Basic Business Education, Behavioral Objectives
Ekstrom, Ruth B., Ed.; Smith, Douglas K., Ed. – 2002
This book is designed to assist testing professionals as they face the challenge of how best to assess and test people with disabilities. Chapters include: (1) "Testing Individuals with Disabilities: Reconciling Social Science and Social Policy" (Diana Pullin); (2) "The Psychometrics of Testing Individuals with Disabilities"…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Adults, Civil Rights, College Admission
Peterson, Janice – 2002
Current debates about welfare reform center on the upcoming reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) legislation. The provisions of TANF include the elimination of the entitlement to cash assistance, block grant funding to the states, mandatory work requirements, sanctions, a 5-year limit on cash assistance, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Needs, Employed Women, Entry Workers
Walwei, Ulrich – 2002
The labor market effects of employment protection were examined in a study of Germany's employment protection regulations and their impact on employment practices and patterns. The following topics were considered: (1) the question of whether Germany's labor market problems are a result of regulations; (2) employment security as a subject of labor…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Impact
Sopko, Kim Moherek – 2002
This brief document provides information about the nationwide reading initiative, Reading First, in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Reading First is a focused effort to improve reading skills of students in kindergarten through third grade. First, information is provided on unique characteristics of the Reading First program and requirements…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Elementary School Students
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This report contains the proceedings of a hearing on the overidentification of students with disabilities that was conducted on October 4, 2001, before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce. The report includes opening statements by Chairman John Boehner and Representative George Miller and the…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation
Chambers, A. C. – 1997
This guide compiles information essential to a working knowledge of assistive technology for children with disabilities. It addresses the definition of assistive technology and provides information on laws which direct the provision of assistive technology. The manual provides a framework to guide the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team as…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Maryland Transition Initiative. – 1999
This booklet, on the transition of Maryland students with disabilities to life after high school, is designed to build informal partnerships for the transition planning process. It provides details about: (1) the goals and components of transition planning; (2) the participants in transition planning; (3) the timing for formal transition planning;…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Eligibility
Parent Education Network, York, PA. – 1998
This guide is intended to help Pennsylvania parents of preschool children with special needs to understand their rights and assist in the design of an appropriate early intervention preschool educational program. An overview of special education laws focuses on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B. The main sections of the guide…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Conflict Resolution, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Parent Education Network, York, PA. – 1998
This guide, in Spanish, is intended to help Pennsylvania parents of preschool children with special needs to understand their rights and assist in the design of an appropriate early intervention preschool educational program. An overview of special education laws focuses on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B. The main sections…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Conflict Resolution, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
A Guide to Reasonable Accommodation for OT Practitioners with Disabilities: Fieldwork to Employment.
Wells, Shirley A., Comp.; Hanebrink, Sandy, Comp. – 1998
This handbook provides information to occupational therapy clinicians and students with disabilities, fieldwork educators, and employers on issues of accommodation, disclosure, rights, responsibilities, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It begins with a discussion of the disability rights movement, and employment and people with…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Confidentiality, Disabilities
PDF pending restorationWestEd, San Francisco, CA. – 1999
The reauthorization of Title I (Improving America's Schools Act--IASA) made the Schoolwide Program (Schoolwide) a major strategy for schools with high poverty rates and stressed the importance of parent involvement. This guide was developed to provide professional development and parent education on Schoolwide implementation in California. The…
Descriptors: American Indians, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Planning
Fagnoni, Cynthia M. – 2000
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined worksite-based activities currently in place to help recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) develop the skills required for successful transition to unsubsidized employment. Data were collected from the following sources: (1) data reported by states to the Department of Health and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
Heumann, Judith E.; Warlick, Kenneth R. – 2001
Designed for parents and family members of students with disabilities, this policy statement clarifies federal requirements for including children with disabilities in state and district-side assessment programs. Information is presented in a question-and-answer format that addresses: (1) requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
