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Fraser, Sherwin – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2017
One of the major challenges facing special and general education teachers and parents in Guyana is the current educational move towards inclusion. This move has been characterized by the changing political and economic systems which have resulted in inclusion gaining increased momentum in many circles including major organizations, institutions,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, General Education, Special Education Teachers, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Principals as Political Agents in the Implementation of IDEA's Least Restrictive Environment Mandate
O'Laughlin, Laura; Lindle, Jane Clark – Educational Policy, 2015
This study focused on federal policy for education of students with disabilities. Assuming that principals occupy a pivotal policy implementation role, this analysis centered on selected elementary principals' discourse about Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) clause in the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The study…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Role, Students with Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Gallagher, James J. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2015
In this article, James J. Gallagher proposes that understanding the political issues and the debate surrounding the education of gifted students is based on the recognition that education policy (including rules, regulations, financial allocations, etc.) reflects social policy. Hence, society prioritizes needs so that the most important of these…
Descriptors: Gifted, Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Educational Resources
Johnson, Rebecca A.; Danis, Marion; Hafner-Eaton, Chris – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
This article examines how nations split decision-making about health services between federal and sub-federal levels, creating variation between states or provinces. When is this variation ethically acceptable? We identify three sources of ethical acceptability--procedural fairness, value pluralism, and substantive fairness--and examine these…
Descriptors: Autism, Health Insurance, State Legislation, Government Role
Strax, Marshall; Strax, Carol; Cooper, Bruce S. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012
"Kids in the Middle: The Micro-Politics of Special Education" takes the reader on a fascinating journey through special education in the past, present, and future. On this journey, the micro-politics of special education are seen through the eyes and experiences of children with disabilities, their parents and advocates, adult educators,…
Descriptors: Caring, Altruism, Disabilities, Court Litigation
Fisher, Karin; Miller, Katie M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2021
Even though paid advocates exist in the field of special education, teacher advocates are important because their work is based on passion and a belief that change is warranted due to their own needs and experiences with students, not merely on the basis that they are being paid to advocate. Education policy in recent years has become more…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Advocacy, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Poppen, Marcus; Alverson, Charlotte Y. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2018
This chapter examines legislative actions throughout the past century that have influenced education and employment for individuals with disabilities while discussing ways that these actions reflect the broader social, political and economic goals of the American education system, and implications for individuals with disabilities who participate…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Hovland, Jessica B. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2020
The ability to read independently is essential for success in high school, college, and most careers. Students with disabilities must be able to comprehend literally and inferentially to meet the demands of the general education curriculum and navigate the complex political, social, and economic environment of the 21st century (King- Sears &…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Reciprocal Teaching, Reading Comprehension
Shepherd, Katharine G.; Fowler, Susan; McCormick, Jazarae; Wilson, Cynthia L.; Morgan, Daniel – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2016
Over the years, a variety of political, social, and other contextual factors have contributed to the expansion of roles for PK-12 special educators, leading to a complex set of challenges and opportunities that must be addressed as the field of special education looks to the future. Today's special educators need to collaborate with general…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teacher Role, Educational Policy
Buck, Stuart; Greene, Jay P. – Education Next, 2010
The big battles over school vouchers in American education have focused on programs serving low-income children who live in urban areas. Milwaukee's program, begun in 1990, is the biggest and oldest in the country, and the District of Columbia effort, funded by the federal government, has been the most carefully studied. Both have been focal…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Parent Rights, Income, Federal Legislation
Grant, Marquis C. – Online Submission, 2014
The decision handed down by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education was not only a legal victory for African Americans in the United States, but all groups who were forced into exclusionary environments. In the shadows of Brown, advocates began seeking reforms that would allow students with disabilities to receive their education…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, African Americans, Disabilities
Conchas, Gilberto Q., Ed.; Hinga, Briana M., Ed.; Abad, Miguel N., Ed.; Gutierrez, Kris D., Ed. – Routledge Research in Education, 2019
"The Complex Web of Inequality in North American Schools" analyzes and challenges the critical gaps and inequalities that persist in the American school system. Showing how historical biases have been inherited in current polices relating to non-dominant youth, the text calls for educational reforms that perform in the name of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Change, Social Justice
DeBray, Elizabeth; Blankenship, Ann Elizabeth – Peabody Journal of Education, 2013
Congress's role in defining and promoting equality of educational opportunity has evolved over the past 55 years since "Brown v. Board of Education." Most recently, all three branches of the federal government have focused more on equality of educational opportunity for "individual" students rather than for protected classes.…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Government Role, Federal Government, Federal State Relationship
Graff, Cristina Santamaria; Kozleski, Elizabeth – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2014
The 2007 "Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1". Supreme Court 5:4 decision suggests that the Court is divided in its interpretation of "Brown" and its intent in addressing racial segregation. Although "Brown" intended equal educational opportunities through desegregation practices,…
Descriptors: Desegregation Litigation, School Desegregation, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Lowry-Fritz, Maureen A. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) is a piece of federal legislation that directs schools and districts to provide students with disabilities a "free appropriate public education." It contains numerous legal tools that parents can use to compel schools to develop appropriate educational programming for their…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education