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- 1/1/10 - King Thorius, Kathleen, Equity Alliance at ASU
Despite remarkable progress along many indicators of equitable access, participation, and outcomes of schooling, there are still persistent, pervasive issues that must be addresses, including continued disparities in access to athletics and academic programs, sexual harassment, hate crimes, and discriminatory treatment of girls and women. This What Matters brief includes strategies for:
* Achieving gender equity in access and opportunities to learn
* Achieving a gender-balanced... - 1/1/09 - Kathleen A. King, Equity Alliance at ASU
Presents general trends in the social and emotional well-being of youth who identify as Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (GLBTQ), followed by a guide of sexual orientation definitions. Additionally, readers learn a series of steps that schools must address in order to build inclusive, safe, and effective schools for all students, including those who identify as GLBTQ. - 1/1/05 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,, Equity Alliance at ASU
A Building Leadership Team (BLT) is a school-based group of individuals who work to provide strong organizational process for school renewal and improvement. BLTs orchestrate the work of school professionals, administrators, families, and students through the school improvement process. This process includes the examination of current, successful practices and also those areas that are of concern to the school community. In addition, BLTs plan for progress, achievement, and risk. This... - 1/1/05 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,
Systemic school change is a complex and difficult task. The challenge is great, but educators throughout our nation and other nations are actively engaging the opportunity to transform education and how we go about the work of teaching and learning in our schools. This toolkit is developed by NIUSI to assess networks of schools engaging their faculty, staff, families, students, and community members in ongoing renewal and systemic change. The toolkit is organized around three areas... - 1/1/07 - Laura Méndez Barletta , Equity Alliance at ASU
In this exemplar, Harrison Elementary School’s Bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL) program is featured as a Model Program. Harrison Elementary’s Bilingual/ESL program was one of four programs honored as “Outstanding Second Language Programs” at the headquarters of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association in Monroe, New Jersey. Such exemplary programs are identified through a rigorous process that includes an extensive program review and a site visit conducted by... - 1/1/10 - National Center for Learning Disabilities
This booklet reviews the basic components of any RtI process and includes questions you might want to ask your child’s school to learn more about their RtI process. Also included are ways you can get involved in the process and what to do and where to go if you have questions or concerns. - 1/1/09 - Julia Coffman
A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning was developed for advocates, evaluators, and funders who want guidance on how to evaluate advocacy and policy change efforts. This tool takes users through four basic steps that generate the core elements of an advocacy evaluation plan, including what will be measured and how. The tool helps users: Identify how the evaluation will be used and who will use it to ensure the evaluation delivers the right kind of information when it is needed; Map... - 1/1/10 - Education Law Center,
"Under federal law, states are required to ensure that homeless children have equal access to the same free, appropriate public education, including a public preschool education, as provided to other children and youths. This policy brief provides an overview of the law and its limitations and describes policies that can help increase the number of homeless children included in pre-k programs. It is intended to serve as a resource for state policy makers and advocates seeking to maximize... - 1/1/06 - Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers,
Research shows that assistive technology (AT) can help young children with disabilities to learn developmental skills.(1) Its use may help infants and toddlers to improve in many areas: • social skills including sharing and taking turns • communication skills • attention span • fine and gross motor skills • self confidence and independence The right type of assistive technology can improve a child’s ability to communicate. This in turn may help reduce some negative behaviors... - 1/1/08 - Elaine Carlson, Tamara Daley, Amy Shimshak, Jamee Riley, Brad Keller, Frank Jenkins, Joy Markowitz
"PEELS includes a nationally representative sample of 3,104 children with disabilities who were ages 3 through 5 when the study began in 2003-04. The sample is divided into three age cohorts (A, B, and C) based on the children’s age at first data collection, ages 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The children will be followed through 2009. PEELS data were collected through several different instruments and activities, including a direct one-on-one assessment of the children, a telephone interview... - 1/1/10 - Kimberly Moherek Sopko
"This in-depth policy analysis provides a background of the early childhood mental health (ECMH) focus of many organizations and legal elements of why it is essential that children with disabilities be included in a comprehensive mental health system. Findings from interviews with four state early childhood staff (i.e., the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part B section 619 and Part C staff) were conducted around select components of mental health: Connecticut – consultation... - 1/1/09 - LaTisha L. Putney
This report presents strategies and resources for improving the retention of special education teachers. Strategies discussed include improving mentoring and working conditions, developing non-traditional programs for teacher preparation, more. Also included are real life scenarios of promising initiatives in the country. - The National Technical Assistance Center for Personnel Preparation in Special Education Minority Institutions of Higher Education (Monarch Center),
This section offers articles and other resources that describe induction programs and mentoring approaches for beginning professionals who work with students with disabilities. Included are mentoring and induction programs that involve a college or university in the partnership. The section also includes discussions of the various challenges associated with this work. - National Secondary Transition Technical Asssistance Center,
This product offers information on state-identified best practices in secondary transition, including professional development resources, secondary transition resources for various audiences, and other information. The product also includes links to states’ Summary of Performance forms, state transition conference dates, and the secondary transition contact person from the state’s department of education. - Charles Bruner , Aisha Ray , Michelle Stover Wright , Abby Copeman
In this issue brief we discuss: Why it is important to include cultural and linguistic responsiveness and anti-bias programming as aspects of early learning quality; A content-analysis of common QRIS components with respect to how they include issues of diversity and support for English-language learners; How states have included these issues in QRIS planning and development; and Recommendations for how states can strengthen their QRIS rating components to be more culturally and... - 1/1/03 - Donna Bryant, Kelly Maxwell, Karen Taylor, Michele Poe, Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Kathleen Bernier
The primary goal of Smart Start is to ensure that all children enter school healthy and prepared to succeed. Based on extensive evidence that child care quality can positively affect children's learning, one of the main ways that Smart Start has tried to achieve the readiness goal is by improving the quality of children's experiences in early care and education programs. Smart Start has funded a variety of technical assistance (TA) activities to improve child care including on-site technical...
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