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ERIC Number: EJ677924
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
No Child Left Ahead?
Zirkel, Perry A.
Phi Delta Kappan, v85 n3 p255-56 Nov 2003
A court case involving a student classified as a child with a disability and her battle to be named valedictorian of her graduating class. Questions the district's determination that this gifted student needed special education and the grade inflation indicated by undue competition for the extra thousandth of a point GPA. (Contains 11 references.) (MLF)
Descriptors: Commencement Ceremonies, Court Litigation, Grade Point Average, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs, School Law
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Valedictorians