This article presents a description of the educational system of the Czecho-Slovak Federal Republic, with an emphasis on the educational impact of the November 1989 revolution. Examples and guidelines for international collaborative research and teaching programs concerned with special education and other areas are offered. (DB)

This paper identifies nine lessons learned from five federally funded special education research to practice projects. Four projects are school-university collaborative partnerships and one is local-school- based. Both models stress research-validated practices to improve performance of students with and without disabilities across multiple years.…