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Cackley, Alicia Puente – US Government Accountability Office, 2021
The financial services industry is highly dependent on technology and more than one-fifth of industry employees have Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) degrees. Women continue to be underrepresented in management positions in the financial services industry and in STEM degree programs. As a result, some financial services firms have…
Descriptors: Finance Occupations, Financial Services, STEM Education, Females
Emrey-Arras, Melissa – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
Rising college costs have outpaced federal grant aid and placed more of the financial burden on students and their families. Children's Savings Account (CSA) programs help families, especially lower-income families, save for college--and other postsecondary education--by providing financial contributions and possibly other supports. A Senate…
Descriptors: Paying for College, Money Management, Low Income Groups, Program Effectiveness
Global Partnership for Education, 2018
This report was commissioned by the Global Partnership for Education's Secretariat to take stock of how disability and inclusive education are in included in education sector plans (ESPs) in 51 countries, including GPE-funded programs, such as education sector program implementation grants (ESPIGs), program documents (PADs), implementation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inclusion, Special Education, Foreign Countries
British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2017
The British Columbia Teachers' Federation (BCTF) is pleased to have the opportunity to present its views on priorities for the 2018 provincial budget to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. The BCTF represents 43,000 members who are teachers and associated professionals in public schools across British Columbia. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2012
This report presents a summary of the findings of Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 monitoring reviews, fulfilling the reporting requirement, Section 641A(f), of the Head Start Act. It highlights the enhancements made to the FY 2012 monitoring review system, summarizes grantee review outcomes, and describes the types of findings most commonly identified in FY…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Smith, Barbara J.; Rapport, Mary Jane K. – 1999
This paper discusses 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that promote the inclusion of children with disabilities in general early childhood education settings. The evolution of inclusion policy is explored and changes in disability terminology are described. Amended provisions are then explained and include:…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Environment, Educational Legislation
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2014
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This year reports the context of a major change in the way state systems of special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Alignment (Education), Federal Government
Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2013
The 2013 session of the 118th Indiana General Assembly adjourned sine die (with no appointed date for resumption) on Saturday, April 27, 2013. The legislature considered over 2,200 bills during the session, many of which addressed education policy and school governance, or were child-related legislation. This report is a summary of 12 key PK-12…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education
Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – Principal, 1996
Updates a 1993 article describing two successful full-inclusion cases involving disabled students. In a 1994 case, a disruptive junior high student with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Tourette Syndrome was placed temporarily in an off-campus, self-contained program. The Ninth Circuit Court affirmed the trial court's decision…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Morra, Linda G. – 1994
This paper presents the testimony concerning special education reform and inclusion programs of the Director of Education and Employment Issues before a House of Representatives subcommittee. The speaker concludes that inclusion programs can work (as in districts in California, Kentucky, New York, and Vermont) but take tremendous effort and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Office of Head Start, US Department of Health and Human Services, 2011
Head Start monitoring assesses grantee compliance with requirements governing Head Start programs, including those specified in the Head Start Act (original authorizing legislation in 1965 and its subsequent amendments, most recently in 2007), Head Start Program Performance Standards, and other applicable federal, state, and local regulations.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Behrmann, June – Executive Educator, 1993
Movement for full inclusion of students with disabilities in regular classrooms asks educators to take landmark 1975 Education of the Handicapped (recently reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) a step farther. All five of the 1993-94 inclusion-related legal cases favored general education environments--even for severely…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
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Zirkel, Perry A.; Gluckman, Ivan B. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Although disabled students in two major cases have won inclusionary placement in regular classes, numerous other "full inclusion" cases recently were decided in school districts' favor. This article provides a recent illustrative case (a disruptive student with ADHD and Tourette Syndrome) and a question/answer discussion about…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Court Litigation, Disabilities
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Bird, Wendell R. – Educational Leadership, 1980
An advocate of scientific creationism states arguments for its inclusion in the public school curriculum. (MLF)
Descriptors: Creationism, Elementary Secondary Education, Evolution, Science Curriculum
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Kluth, Paula; Villa, Richard A.; Thousand, Jacqueline S. – Educational Leadership, 2002
Asserts that 25 years after Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), many educators and administrators still do not understand the law or how to implement it. Discusses three reasons for this situation and suggests benefits of understanding the law. (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrators, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts