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Download full textLindle, Jane Clark – 1992
Originally passed in 1975, the Education for Handicapped Children Act (EHA or P.L. 94-142) provided an unprecedented legislative definition of parent involvement. Congress mandated that parents be included in the educational decision-making process concerning handicapped children. This paper summarizes parent involvement as defined by the EHA,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBicehouse, Vaughn; Faieta, Jean – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2017
Special education, a discipline that aims to provide specialized instruction to meet the unique needs of each child with a disability, has turned 40 years old in the United States. Ever since the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) in 1975, every state has been directed to provide a free and appropriate…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Decision Making, Data, Disabilities
Direct linkShriver, Timothy P. – State Education Standard, 2013
Education experts and political leaders frequently agree that in spite of many changes, American schools continue to remain in need of reforms that will expand the circle of opportunity for all children. Few such leaders, however, recognize young people themselves as a critical leadership constituency in effecting the needed reforms. Special…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Educational Change, Student Leadership, Student Empowerment
Andrias, Eve, Ed.; Burr, Valentine, Ed. – Bank Street College of Education, 2012
What would schools and classrooms look like if they truly mirrored our democratic ideals? In this issue of the Occasional Papers, five authors explore current and historical questions related to the inclusion of children with disabilities in public schools. The history of educating children with disabilities--an ongoing civil rights issue--has…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Access to Education
Zigmond, Naomi; Kloo, Amanda; Volonino, Victoria – Exceptionality, 2009
After the passage of PL 94-142 in 1975 guaranteeing a free, appropriate, public education to all students with disabilities, multiple reauthorizations of IDEA have refined, revised, and renewed the nation's moral and pedagogical commitment to providing well-planned, public, inclusive, and appropriate education to all students with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Public Policy, Special Education
Hargrove, Erwin C.; And Others – 1981
The study examines the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, in one metropolitan school system. The first section details the judicial and legislative background, enactment, and politics of implementation of the law. Chapter 2 reviews theories and research about the conditions for educational change, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Walker, Sylvia; And Others – 1981
The fourth in a five module series provides teacher educators and preservice teachers with information to facilitate successful social, emotional, and academic functioning of handicapped minority students in the regular classroom environment. An initial section contains guidelines for a presession and describes the organizational structure of the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Orlansky, Michael D. – Exceptional Child, 1982
The author concludes that both public school and residential programs will continue to operate and that cooperation between them may increase thus creating a favorable climate for the provision of a continuum of appropriate educational services for visually impaired children. (Author)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Tortorella, Heidi – 1993
Focusing on the culture of students with disabilities allows teachers to add another real-world dimension to the multi-cultural atmosphere of their classrooms. While Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) legislates what opportunities must exist for the differently able, volunteer program such as "Kids on the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, Cultural Differences
Thomas, Stephen B. – 1987
This monograph analyzes health and safety issues in education in terms of relevant constitutional and statutory provisions. Chapter 1, an introduction, summarizes Fourteenth Amendment equal protection and due process clauses and defines "handicapped" under the Rehabilitation Act. State assistance and student eligibility under the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Communicable Diseases, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Sapon-Shevin, Mara – 1981
The paper focuses on differences between regular and special education and suggests ways in which the principles of P.L. 94-142 (the Education For All Handicapped Children Act) can be extended to the education of nonhandicapped students. Special education as mandated by P.L. 94-142 differs from regular education in six dimensions: mandate for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Sivage, Carol A. – 1979
To determine the relationship of organizational characteristics to the effective implementation of mainstreaming as mandated in P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the responses of 99 Oregon schools to a questionnaire were analyzed. Multiple regression and correlational techniques were used. The regression equation formed…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Corrigan, Dean C., Ed.; Howey, Kenneth R., Ed. – 1980
Eleven papers focus on issues in inservice education for helping experienced teachers accommodate handicapped children in the regular school setting. Two introductory chapters ("Overview" and "The School Based Teacher Educator: Developing a Conceptual Framework" both by K. Howey and D. Corrigan) make a case for developing a…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
