Sentences with phrase «for disabled students»

There are public and private educational grants for disabled students who wish to pursue their college education.

It's true that with an increase in federal and state subsidies along with a mandate to provide services, we've reduced student teacher ratios for disabled students.

An exception should be made for disabled students but the test should be harder for others.

The exemption is set to remain in place until the state board finds another way for disabled students to demonstrate the same level of academic achievement as the exam requires.

Other factors contributed to the rise in rights for disabled students.

The rate for its disabled students increased by 18 percentage points.

There are many grants dedicated to women, minorities, international students, and grants for disabled students.

Many schools have canine companions in the school classroom for disabled students, or in training with a teacher.

This study did not examine the effects of extended time for disabled students.

It improves student achievement for disabled students, reduces the rate of new identification of disabilities, increases the chances that students will receive needed services, and is overwhelmingly loved by parents.

The full - time criterion is dropped for disabled students.

We provide alternative formats for disabled students who can't access printed materials.

A consultation on proposed changes to reasonable adjustments to qualifications for disabled students.

This statewide plan to equalize educational opportunities outlined the process of developing a quality educational program for the disabled students of California.

Handicap Activity Van for Disabled Students of the Tri County Regional Vocational Technical High School

For instance, the Recovery system helped create a safety net for disabled students in response to a 2010 lawsuit from the Southern Poverty Law Center accusing schools in both systems of ignoring and mistreating students with disabilities.

Yet Florida continues to offer vouchers for disabled students who want to attend private schools and awards tax credits to corporations that donate to private - school scholarship programs.

Also at noon, Assembly members Nily Rozic, Michael Simanowitz, David Weprin, Mike Miller, Queens College Committee for Disabled Students, and CUNY Coalition for Students with Disabilities commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Queens College Student Union, 65 - 30 Kissena Blvd., Queens.

A special state test for disabled students and other accommodations can help mitigate the negative effect on a school's overall performance but not necessarily completely, according to James Wollack, an associate professor and expert in testing and evaluation at UW - Madison.

A new report from the city's Comptroller showed once again that the City is unable to fulfill its responsibility to provide the necessary services to students with disabilities, failing to track $ 84 million allocated for disabled student services.

Administrators applied for grants to help cover renovation costs and converted a standard multi-purpose gymnasium to a fitness center with between 60 and 70 machines, including equipment for disabled students.

This principle is based on the idea that classrooms that include both disabled and nondisabled students provide a more appropriate and beneficial environment for the disabled student, who has greater opportunity to associate with nondisabled peers, and nondisabled students learn that those with disabilities are no less worthy as individuals.

The «burden» on NYC DOE from paying private school tuition is the difference between the average tuition and legal costs associated with private placement ($ 28,571) and the average cost for a disabled student in the traditional public schools ($ 24,773), which works out to $ 3,798 per student.

«We all know how technology has improved in the last few years,» says Sheryl Burgstahler, director of DO - IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology), an advocacy program for disabled students at the University of Washington.

«We don't normally distribute bachelor of arts degrees but we made an exception for Kevin Mintz,» he said, noting that when Mintz came to Harvard four years ago he found the college wasn't as friendly for disabled students.

And as to concerns about the high cost of assistive technology, Burgstahler points to the benefits, and she wonders how schools can justify not investing in tools for disabled students.

With the advent of eLearning, education is no longer a laborious work for disabled students.

Technology has literally helped open schoolhouse doors for disabled students and given impetus to the «full inclusion» movement, which calls for teaching disabled students in regular classrooms whenever possible.

Making School Work is a unique law firm for disabled students who are not performing to their potential.

Under their funding agreements (the contract signed between the education secretary and those setting up the school), free schools must «use their best endeavours» to meet any special needs of pupils, while disability legislation requires them to make «reasonable adjustments» to provide for disabled students.

Given that there are 404,575 teachers assigned to special education, the lower student - teacher ratios required for disabled students only results in a net increase of 112,179 teachers (404,575 minus 292,398).

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals examined only federal Establishment Clause precedent and held that Louisiana's special education program did not offend the Establishment Clause because (1) the statute's purpose of improving educational opportunity for disabled students was secular, and (2) the statute did not have the effect of advancing religion because it provides no incentive for parents to select religious institutions.

Section 3: Access to information - to improve the availability of accessible information for disabled students, and the wider staff, parents, and the community This accessibility plan details policies and initiatives, how these are monitored, reviewed / evaluated, and how these evaluations are developed and embedded into school systems and practice.

As part of a $ 162.8 million referendum Tuesday, Verona voters will be asked to build a new high school, renovate other schools and close the outdated New Century charter school, above, which was built in 1918 and has no elevators or ramps, limiting access for disabled students.

Like Everyday Math, the materials provide lots of concrete support to help scaffold the cognitive challenges of math for disabled students.

We are also supporting the school with accessible toilet, ramps and sitting arrangement for disabled students in each classes.»

In emails sent to the Arlington School Board, ASEAC and other groups expressed concern about a separate entrance intended for disabled students in the Stratford Program.

It only closed about 1 percent for disabled students compared to nondisabled students.

Callegary said that statement epitomizes the need for more empathy for disabled students who are bullied.

As part of its agreement with the Office for Civil Rights, Achievement First has promised to train staff not only in the federal education requirements for disabled students, but in the characteristics of disabilities such as autism, mood disorders, attention deficit disorder, and childhood trauma.

To the extent he or she can do so, a blind student should learn everything possible about the technologies and sources of content that are being used by his or her preferred institution and talk with its office for disabled students to learn about the institution's accommodation policies and procedures.