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The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the implementation of the Welsh Inclusion Model at a Title I elementary school in grades 4 through 5 in the Piedmont area of North Carolina. The researcher visited the Title I school, which was embarking in only its second year in the implementation of the Welsh Inclusion Model. During these visits, the researcher interviewed the principal, the Director of Elementary Education, and two inclusion teams. The entire group participated in a focus group interview. The surveys, interviews, Inclusionary Team-Teaching Analysis Protocol (ITTAP), and Co-Teaching rubric provided data that were triangulated to determine how well the school was implementing the Welsh Inclusion Model as well as the effects the program had on students' learning., Introduction The increased accountability in schools across the Nation has made it difficult to ignore large numbers of students with special needs who continue to fail at meeting academic standards [...]

In 1999, Florida instituted a performance-based school accountability program for K-12 public schools that tied state funds to a formula heavily weighted towards standardized test scores. This paper discusses the [...]

ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper examines how state inspectors and 'visiteurs d'ecoles' (unofficial inspectors) shaped hegemonic and counter-hegemonic cultural practices in bilingual school districts in Prairie provinces before 1940. The study allows [...]

Stephane Bernatchez candidat au doctorat a la Faculte de droit de l'Universite de Montreal, il a etroitement collabore un vaste projet sur l'adaptation au pluralisme de l'institution scolaire mene de 1993 a 1996 par le Groupe de recherche sur l'ethnicite et l'adaptation au pluralisme en education (GREAPE) de l'Universite de Montreal. A cet egard, il a notamment developpe un cadre juridique de l'adaptation institutionnelle au pluralisme partir de l'analyse comparative des juridictions canadiennes, americaines, francaises et britanniques. Guy Bourgeault professeur au Departement d'etudes et d'administration de l'education et chercheur au Centre d'etudes ethniques de l'Universite de Montreal, il a participe avec Janine Hohi, Marie McAndrew et Michel Page plusieurs recherches sur l'education en milieu pluriethnique dans le cadre du Groupe de recherche sur l'ethnicite et l'adaptation au pluralisme en education (GREAPE). Exposant d' abord les dispositions legales canadiennes et quebecoises touchant la prise en compte de la diversite culturelle et religieuse dans les institutions publiques et plus specialement dans l' ecole publique, et les interpretations qui en furent faites par les tribunaux en termes d' 'obligation d' accommodement raisonnable,' le texte qui suit fait ensuite etat du droit et de la jurisprudence de pays avec lesquels le Canada et le Quebec ont des liens historiques privilegies: les Etats-Unis, la France, la Grande-Bretagne. Il degage, en conclusion, les convergences qui ressortent de cette etude comparative et propose quelques elements d' analyse et d' interpretation pour les expliquer. This article begins with a discussion of Canadian and Quebec legislation with regard to cultural and religious diversity in public institutions--public schools in particular--and court interpretations of this legislations in terms of a 'reasonable accommodation.' It then discusses legislation and jurisprudence in countries with which Canada and Quebec have had close historical links: the United States, France, and Great Britain. This comparative study underlines points of convergence and offers some elements of analysis and interpretation to explain them., ********** L' etude comparative, dont les resultats sont ici presentes, s' inscrivait dans le cadre d' une recherche plus large sur la prise en compte de la diversite culturelle et [...]

A recent decision ordering the repair of all facilities in the nation's largest school system could have far-reaching implications for other districts. A precedent-setting ruling ordering the largest school system [...]

In the present paper various aspects of the 'full inclusion movement' will be discussed, including (but not limited to) (1) how it has been broadly defined, (2) its many advantages, (3) its disadvantages and/or possible dangers, and (4) the laws and judicial decisions regarding this movement, and their ramifications on all concerned., In 1975 the U.S. Congress passed Public Law 94-142, which has become commonly known as the 'Individuals with Disabilities Education Act' (IDEA). Mandated to be in effect by 1978, this [...]

IN NOVEMBER 1992 public school educators dodged a bullet. During the Presidential campaign the Republicans -- backed by such scholars as Chester Finn, Myron Lieberman, and the team of John [...]

REMOVING BARRIERS More than half the compliance reviews initiated in fiscal 2004 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) involved higher-education accessibility issues, the office says. [...]

Many people are not aware that the No Child Left Behind Act empowers parents to inspect schoolbooks and other classroom materials, and that most local school board policies allow parents [...]

As the Republicans prepared for their national convention, the party s official Web site welcomed party members to Philadelphia and pointed out helpfully that the city has two airports. In [...]

A senator in Georgia has proposed a bill that would direct the state Board of Education to impose a dress code on public school teachers, teachers' assistants and substitutes. The [...]

One of the aphorisms quoted frequently in law school is, 'Hard cases make bad law.' This means that when the facts are particularly favorable to one side, or when one [...]

Twenty years after President George H.W. Bush and the nation's governors ventured a cautious challenge to the long tradition of local control in public education--establishing a national 'goal' that students [...]

WASHINGTON - The President's Advisory Board on Race recently found that no national discussion on race in public schools is complete without conservatives invoking the controversial issue of education vouchers [...]