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- 1/1/04 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement,
The concept of Universal Design foregrounds equitable opportunities and access to spaces, information and participation for all by creating environments and products that accommodate as many individuals as possible from the beginning. Universal Designs for Learning (UDL) extends Universal Design into the field of education. While initially defined as a method to minimize barriers students may experience when learning new concepts, this professional learning module presents UDL as an approach... - 1/1/05 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center,, Equity Alliance at ASU
This On Point is for all teachers who want to explore issues around conducting focus groups to develop a comprehensive school portrait. Focus groups are an effective means of collecting qualitative information that can be used to guide improvement planning and efforts. Building Leadership Teams can use focus groups to find out almost anything about the climate, day-to-day operations, and individual perceptions of the school. Conducting focus group can help in developing a comprehensive... - 1/1/08 - National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems,
Culturally responsive literacy models examine not only the methods of teaching students to engage with and learn from multiple texts, but also consider the many purposes for which individuals become literate. This module examines the purposes of literacy in students' lives, methods of designing and implementing culturally responsive literacy instruction, and the use of many forms of literacy as powerful tools for student engagement in school and social change. Participants are guided through... - 1/1/01 - Dianne L. Ferguson, Audrey Desjarlais, Gwen Meyer, Equity Alliance at ASU
The purpose of education is to ensure that every student gains access to knowledge, skills, and information that will prepare them to contribute to America’s communities and workplaces. This central purpose is made more challenging as schools must accommodate students with ever more diverse backgrounds, abilities, and interests. For students with disabilities, achieving this common purpose means thinking again about the consequences of special and general education as separate systems, and... - 1/1/09 - Equity Alliance at ASU,, Kathleen King
Inclusive education, in policy and practice, rejects the exclusion and segregation of students, for ANY reason: gender, language, household income, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin, ability, or any dis/ability. Simultaneously, because of an active commitment to equity for all students, inclusive educational systems maximize the participation of all learners, by making learning opportunities relevant and high-quality. This is only achieved through the systemic exploration... - 1/1/06 - Phil Ferguson, Equity Alliance at ASU
Teachers and administrators are all familiar with the growing movement toward the inclusion of children with disabilities into general education classrooms. Discussions about how to do this, with which children, at what ages, and with what supports and structural reforms are happening in urban school districts across the country. As a result, there is an increasing amount of information and research about the “how and why” of inclusion. Indeed, some of that information is available from... - 1/1/05 - National Institute for Urban School Improvement, , University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, , Equity Alliance at ASU
Each page of this guide focuses on a different part of the School Improvement Process. You’ll find ideas about how to gather and use information to set your focus areas and action cycles. There’s no one right place to start. If your building already has an active planning process, you may want to proceed directly to the action cycle step. - 1/1/06 - Phil Ferguson, Rick Blumberg, Equity Alliance at ASU
One way to evaluate the effectiveness of transition services for students with disabilities is to take a look at the outcomes students are achieving. The purpose of this report is to present some important statistics that reveal how students with disabilities appear to be faring; to identify some strategies that appear to result in desirable outcomes; and to suggest some resources for further information about this topic. - 1/1/09 - Cristian Dogaru, Sharon Rosenkoetter, Beth Rous
"Critical Incident Technique (CIT) is a research strategy used to gather and analyze information from key informants about a significant experience in their lives. NECTC used CIT to investigate parents' and service providers' perceptions of transition from one service system to another for young children with disabilities and their families. Respondents in the study resided across the United States and participated in a myriad of service systems." - Colorín Colorado,
A free web-based, bilingual service that provides information, activities, and advice for educators and Spanish-speaking families of English language learners.Also includes information about accommodations and evaluation, informal assessment, standards-based writing, bilingual parent tips about testing, recommended guides and research, and a webcast. - 1/1/04 - Alfredo Artiles, Beth Harry
Este informe es parte de la serie llamada Informes Para Profesionales y Maestros de la organización NCCRESt. Este informe contiene información acerca de la desproporción en educación especial de alumnos de grupos de culturas y lenguas diversas (CLD) y está orientado a maestros y padres de estos alumnos. La desproporción en educación especial de alumnos de CLD no es un problema nuevo. En las últimas tres décadas, el sistema de educación especial ha enfrentado varios casos legales... - 1/1/09 - Robert Goerge, Gretchen Cusick, Shannon Guiltinan
This issue brief explores levels of physical activity among high school students in Chicago Public Schools, including participation in sports, informal exercise, and other activities. Latent class analysis was used to classify students’ levels of physical activity, revealing low levels of activity among most high school students. Multilevel regression analyses were then used to identify individual and community characteristics associated with the different levels of physical activity. By... - 1/1/10 - U.S. Department of Education,
"In his July 31, 2009 letter, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan informed the Chief State School Officers that the Department’s regional Comprehensive Centers would be conducting research on each state’s laws, regulations, guidance and policies regarding the use of seclusion and restraints in schools. In December 2009, the states were asked to review and confirm the accuracy of the summary and the information for their specific state profile and to note any changes or corrections needed... - 1/1/09 - Ann E. Person, Emily Moiduddin, Megan Hague-Angus, Lizabeth M. Malone
"Character education programs are school-based programs that have as one of their objectives promoting the character development of students. This report systematically examines the outcomes that were measured in evaluations of a delimited set of character education programs and the research tools used for measuring the targeted outcomes. The multi-faceted nature of character development and many possible ways of conceptualizing it, the large and growing number of school-based programs to... - 1/1/08 - W. Steven Barnett , Dale J. Epstein , Allison H. Friedman, Judi Stevenson Boyd, Jason T. Hustedt
The 2008 State Preschool Yearbook is the sixth in a series of annual reports profiling state-funded prekindergarten programs in the United States. This latest Yearbook presents data on state-funded prekindergarten during the 2007-2008 school year. The first report in this series focused on programs for the 2001-2002 school year and established a baseline against which we may now measure progress over seven years. Tracking these trends is essential, since changes in states' policies on... - 1/1/08 - Annie E. Casey Foundation,
This 19th annual KIDS COUNT Data Book provides national and state-by-state information and statistical trends on the conditions of America’s children and families. This year, the KIDS COUNT Data Book essay, “A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform,” looks at the nearly 100,000 youth confined to juvenile facilities on any given night in the United States, and what can be done to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate detention and incarceration and increase opportunities for positive youth...
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