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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Building Bridges with Families: Honoring the Mandates of IDEIA
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Coots, Jennifer J. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2007
Parent participation has been one of the key principles of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) since it was first authorized in 1975 as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) and has continued through the most recent reauthorization in 2004. Parents of children with disabilities have decision making…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Parent Participation, Developmental Delays, Related Services (Special Education)
A Consideration of What Educational Faculty Need to Know and Be Able to Do: Federal and State Policies and Best Practices for Collaborative Preparation Programs
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Grenot-Scheyer, Marquita; Coots, Jennifer J.; Bishop-Smith, Kathryn – Issues in Teacher Education, 2004
This article addresses how teacher preparation programs can best respond to the broad, complex calls for reform in ways that are locally meaningful and honor academic integrity, but that are also true to the intent of the reform mandates. The authors begin with an overview of some of the federal and state initiatives that are presenting challenges…
Descriptors: Educational Change, College School Cooperation, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Curriculum