Interdisciplinary Capstone Instructor: Gary West August 15‚ 2011 “The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 is arguably the most far-reaching education policy initiative in the United States over the last four decades. The hallmark features of this legislation compelled states to conduct annual student assessments linked to state standards‚ to identify schools that are failing to make “adequate
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Disproportionality in Special Education Looking back‚ it is very obvious that educating students with disabilities has come a long way over the years. Several laws have been put into place‚ such as Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act‚ the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)‚ and the American Disabilities Act (ADA)‚ to prevent discrimination and ensure that all individuals are receiving the proper education. While these laws have been beneficial‚ inequalities are still present. One
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Personal and Professional Development | HND Computing | Matthew John Price PRI01035913 | Contents: 1.0 - Introduction: 2 2.0 - Curriculum Vitae: 3 3.0 - Strengths and Weaknesses: 5 3.1 - Strengths: 5 3.2 - Weaknesses: 6 4.0 - Personal and Professional Development Plan 8 1.0 - Introduction: This report will consider the job description included in Appendix 1‚ for the position of Graduate Software Engineer/Developer. This job is aimed at graduates and experienced software
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Overrepresentation in Special Education: Slide 3 Review of the Literature: Slide 4 Review of the Literature: Slide 5 Review of the Literature: Slide 6 Statistics of Overrepresentation: Slide 7 Statistics of Overrepresentation: Slide 8 Statistics of Overrepresentation: Slide 9 Strategies for Improvement: Slide 10 References: Slide 11 Questions or Comments: Slide 12 Overrepresentation in special education is when more minority students eligible for receiving special education services than white students
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job‚ its working conditions‚ employment facts‚ the education and training requirements‚ along with the future job potential and earnings will be wiser and more knowledgeable when determining a career path to choose. Going in to the Special Education workforce is an interesting career path because they get to work with kids‚ give children individual attention‚ and help students with disabilities. To begin with‚ major duties of a special education teacher includes assessing students and adapting lessons
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Over representation of students who are ethnically and racially diverse in special education transpires when some groups of students possess a greater need for particular services. For instance‚ there may be a higher percentage of Latino students where Spanish is the primary language used for communication. If so‚ these students deriving from Latino origin will most often require English language instruction. As a result‚ this particular group would demonstrate over representation of students from
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May 2011 Shifting Trends in Special Education By Janie Scull and Amber M. Winkler SH I FTI NG TREN DS I N SPECIAL EDUCATION > CONTENTS Contents Executive Summary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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in Special Education has been a longstanding and frustrating problem across the county since its creation in 1975 with the signing of Public Law 94-142 by President Gerald Ford. Of the groups and degree studied‚ the most attention has been given to the overrepresentation of African-Americans‚ particularly in the categories of Emotional Disturbance and Mental Retardation. However‚ a group and degree studied much less frequently is the underrepresentation of Asian-Americans in Special Education. While
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Special education was put into place to ensure that the rights of students with disabilities and their parents were being met and protected these individuals from being left behind. Since 1975 the legislations have required delivery of special-education‚ related services and supplementary aids and services that help to guide these principles according to the law. The importance of these laws is to provide students with special needs the proper and most up to date education and protect these students
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My Personal Goals The personal goal s I want to achieve as a student at University of Phoenix is to receive a college degree and make my mother proud. I know once that has been achieved‚ my future prospects are limitless. I am a product of a parent who grew up on welfare‚ but not only obtained her Bachelor’s degree‚ but went back to school two more times to obtain her Doctorate of Education. Her mother sacrificed plenty to send her to college and my mother always knew the power of education
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