Sentences with phrase «put into special education»

Critics claim that this high number — blacks are 1.4 times more likely to be placed in special education than other races and ethnicities combined — shows that black children are put into special education because schools are racially biased.

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But he said the recent controversy in Birmingham, where six non-faith schools have been put into special measures and a further five criticised following allegations of a plot by hardline Muslims to infiltrate them, had raised important questions about the relationship between education and religion in a multicultural society.

Dr. Tisch described visiting a school on Long Island that was successfully putting the Common Core math standards into effect, including for special education students.

Instead, it focuses on three specific challenges that are often encountered when districts, especially small districts, grapple with the costs of their highest - need special - education students, and it makes three recommendations that districts and states could put into practice today, without waiting for reforms or help from Washington, as they seek ways to mitigate those problems:

The willingness of public schools to put students into special education might be constrained if those schools feared that students would walk out the door with a voucher and all of their funding.

At Bowie Elementary School in the Richardson (Texas) Independent School District, assistant principal Michael Davies's classroom and special education teachers take into account gender balance, academic balance, required special services, student relationships, and other factors as they put together class lists.

This Education Week special report is all about the concrete — and equally crucial — topic of school facilities and what it takes to assure that the nation's 56 million schoolchildren have a modern, fully - equipped, well - maintained school to attend, and a place where all that theory and educator experience can be put into practice.

Know this: for nearly 30 years, Ms. DeVos has fought for education reform that works — putting students» interests ahead of special interests; supporting rigorous standards that lead to higher outcomes; loosening Washington's grip on local education policy and putting more power into the hands of parents and families; and, expanding access to high - performing schools.

These steps would put $ 8.5 billion into a special fund in next year's budget, sparing California's schoolchildren from further crippling education cuts.

Officials now expect Ofsted, the education inspectorate, to put some of the city's schools into «special measures» - changing their leadership - after it ordered fresh inspections into 21 of them.

I have spent the last 10 years putting my heart and soul into helping Special Education students in Chicago.

Moreover, the Committee recommended putting an additional $ 26.8 million into the value of the WPUs associated with special education and CTE.