Article: Making Informed Assistive Technology Decisions for Students With High Incidence Disabilities

Article: What is special about special education? Overview and analysis.
Journal of Special Education;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...In this topical issue of The Journal of Special Education, leading scholars in special education reviewed the literature and investigated whether special education is, indeed, special by examining to what degree (a) effective techniques have...

Article: A response to Kauffman's the devaluation of special education.
Education & Treatment of Children;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education (PCESE) for sometimes implying the...stated aim of helping children in special education, including students with EBD, as...fundamental, but difficult questions we in special education must begin to ask ourselves to avoid...

Article: Edu: HEC DEVELOPS CURRICULUM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
PPI - Pakistan Press International;  January 23, 2004 ;     500 words ......curriculum for the discipline of Special Education to be taught at graduate and postgraduate...first time that the curriculum of Special Education has been developed at national level...Centres for coordination of University Special Education Programmes have also been suggested...

Article: Special education study finds racial disparity
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 31, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Special education study finds racial disparity By...than twice as likely -- to be in special education as white students in Wisconsin...2 1/2 times as likely to be in special education as their white peers. That disparity...

Article: Close Centers, Reduce Referrals, Auditor Says; "FCPS growth in special education expenditures from fiscal 1998 to fiscal 2002 is at a pace that, if left unchecked, could impair the system's financial stability and the effectiveness of its other academic programs."
The Washington Post;  July 17, 2003 ;     518 words ......School Board close more than a dozen special education centers over the next decade and...number of students referred into special education. Adopting those recommendations could...Public Schools (FCPS) have closed some special education centers, but 21 centers are still...

Article: SPECIAL EDUCATION SPENDING
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 16, 2002 ;     601 words ...SPECIAL EDUCATION SPENDING Carefully weigh funding...federal policy-makers examine special education programs this summer, the most...scholars were asked, "Is placement in special education a benefit or a risk?" The fact...

Article: OUTLOOK ON WASHINGTON: Special Education; Boon or Doom?
The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education;  December 6, 1996 ;     700+ words ...OUTLOOK ON WASHINGTON: Special Education; Boon or Doom?. Latino educators...are lowered." Nationwide, special education placements and expenditures...plans to reauthorize the special education law this year but will certainly...

Article: Reshaping special education. (preventing learning disabilities to curtail special education costs)
Phi Delta Kappan;  September 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Facing ever more special education students, state policy makers...certain groups of students. Special education fills an obvious need for...questions - Is the investment in special education out of control? And, if so...

Article: The Development of Special Education in China.(Statistical Data Included)
Remedial and Special Education;  September 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Confucian tradition of valuing education, special education as an institution was not established...China, The subsequent development of special education has been slow due to adverse political...After the 1980s. a modern system of special education from preschool to higher ...

Article: Bridging the Special Education Divide.(Review)
Remedial and Special Education;  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...THE FIELD OF SPECIAL EDUCATION BOASTS MAJOR accomplishments...nevertheless true that the special education knowledge base, service delivery...shortcomings, the field of special education has adopted the challenge of...

Article: Special education teachers in chronically short supply.
Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas);  August 27, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Toplikar Aug. 27--Looking for a job as a special education teacher? Call Bruce Passman; he needs...vacancies over the last several years in special education that are becoming increasingly more...and even fewer are considering special education. -- The job is difficult. Not to...

Article: Educators explore new frontier in special education delivery
Indianapolis Recorder;  April 8, 1995 ;     700+ words ......Educators explore new frontier in special education delivery. There is a model of cultural...education categorically known as special education. It's the place nobody wants to have...another issue. Minorities populate special education in heaping percentages in many urban...

Article: Special Education for Latino Students in the United States.
Bilingual Review;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......This chapter is about bilingual special education. The joining of bilingual education with special education provides an interesting example...interface between bilingual and special education in the United States provides...

Article: Special Education Stressed In Budget; More Teachers, Training Funds Are Proposed
The Washington Post;  December 23, 2004 ;     597 words ......efforts next year to improve special education in public schools, with an emphasis on making special education students successful in general...as requiring some degree of special education. "We must provide the best education...