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Authors :
Peterson, Beth
Source :
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction; Spring2012, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p31-41, 11p
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

An essay is presented that discusses the author's experience of being accidentally placed in a special education high school science class as a result of the U.S. Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. Also noted are the U.S. No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its mandates of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and the requirements that students with disabilities make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) under NCLB.

Subjects

Subjects :
SPECIAL education
SCIENCE education (Secondary)
NO Child Left Behind Act of 2001
ADEQUATE Yearly Progress (Education)
INDIVIDUALIZED education programs
UNITED States. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
STUDENTS with disabilities

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15223868
Volume :
14
Issue :
1
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
73369506
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/fge.2012.0017
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