Sentences with phrase «special education populations»

This report breaks down some of the broader demographics across district and charter schools, gives a profile of the special education populations, breaks downs suspension and attendance, and provides some reflection on particular disparities for African American students.

For example, school attendance, special education populations, and percent of economically disadvantaged students all affect the rate at which an LEA is funded.

The focus of the paper is to increase services and supports for special education populations within a pilot group of schools with the intent of increasing academic outcomes for all special education students.

My educational background includes: teaching physical education for special education populations, developing and implementing many district wide programs such as: workshops for at - risk students at the secondary level, Human Relation programs for adults, Drug, Tobacco and Violence awareness programs for many schools, along with coaching drill and dance teams for approximately ten years.

The descriptive analysis of the data reveal that GE Model Schools maintain the higher mean pass rates in third grade math and reading despite higher student to teachers ratios, teacher to administrator ratios, and special education populations as well as lower rates of spending on instructional supports.

Special Education populations are another area where additional resources could greatly benefit students and sadly are not part of LCFF.

In addition, our school houses the special education population for both elementary schools in the district.

For example, the U.S. Department of Education recently reported that black children represent 14 % of the general school - aged population but 19 % of the special education population.

For example, in Middletown the district saw that their special education population responded better to learning through three - dimensional education resources in biology and experienced a big increase in proficiency attainment, whereas the rest of their student body did not experience those same results.

To what extent are resources utilized effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of the special education population?

Autistic students are one subgroup of the special education population who have, overall, especially embraced and benefited from the introduction of technology in the classroom.

A review of recent research reveals that the emerging SEL field, in general, lacks both the means to assess SEL competencies (in all groups to some extent, but particularly for youth with disabilities) and programs tailored to meet the unique needs of the special education population.

For example, the percentages of special education students with specific learning disabilities (LD) varied from 15 % of the special education population in one state to 60 % in another.

Assess their schools» special education population and services, and then develop a vision and action plan for high standards and improved student achievement.

Must have instructional and assessment skills, with majority of experience focused on the special education population, preferred.

Based on our research, 268 LEAs — district and charter — did not receive IDEA Part B Basic funding for their special education population, because according to the 1998 census they had no special education students.

Regardless, this methodology resulted in 268 LEAs, district and charter, that did not receive IDEA Part B Basic funding for their special education population, because according to the 1998 census they had no special education students.

And while about 13 percent of Hartford's students require some sort of special education services, Achievement First — Hartford's special education population is about half that number, with only 7.5 percent of students requiring special education services.

The service learning model is especially important to the diverse population the school serves, including a high special education population.

Their special education population is also less than district averages.

With a 35 percent special education population, Kramer has implemented a 1:1 laptop and station rotation model to serve this high - need population.

The only thing standing in their way was a state law requiring that parents, teachers and the local community had to play a role in selecting a «turnaround» model and there was little interest in a Washington D.C. charter school company that had virtually no experience running schools with a large Latino population, a significant number of English Language Learners and a large special education population.

The pace of the special education population is worrisome to school officials because it comes as general education enrollment remains flat.

While a statewide organization known as the Louisiana Special Education Cooperative functions to offer support to the special education population of school districts, only nine of New Orleans» charter schools participated as of 2014 (Westervelt, 2014).

We've primarily focused on the special education population, but it has a lot of merit and use for other demographics like ESL.

A review of recent research reveals that the emerging SEL field, in general, lacks both the means to assess SEL competencies (in all groups to some extent, but particularly for youth with disabilities) and programs tailored to meet the unique needs of the special education population.

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Among the UN entities playing a special role in the current global «gender revolution», it is worth mentioning UNFPA (population, «reproductive health and rights»), UNDP (development), WHO («reproductive health and rights») and UNESCO (education, gender training).

Promote optimal food habits and nutritional status of the population with special emphasis on children through direction and leadership for quality practice, education, and research.

Mulgrew said the full payment of the CFE funds would help New York City public schools reduce class size and better serve the growing population of English language learners and special education students with more teachers, guidance counselors, social workers, school psychologists and school nurses.

The School of Medicine expands its class size from 122 to 134, adding 12 students enrolled in a special new curriculum, called the Program in Medical Education - Health Equity, developed to train physicians interested in caring for at - risk and historically underserved populations.

«Recent changes in the federal laws guiding special education programs have made it much more difficult to be in simple compliance with student discipline, meeting paperwork requirements, and dealing with providing for the needs of what appears to be a growing population of students who qualify for special services.»

Some civil rights organizations say lumping together different types of students, such as English - language learners and students in special education, makes it much tougher to see how individual groups are progressing relative to other groups of students and the student population as a whole.

And they must report the results, for both the student population as a whole and for particular «subgroups» of students, including English - learners and students in special education, racial minorities, and children from low - income families.

As if educators didn't have enough to worry about serving the surging population of special education students, some are encountering a bizarre syndrome that disrupts and can monopolize their programs.

While serving as an education - policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, Ms. Gardner wrote that federal special - education laws «have selfishly drained resources from the normal school population.»

Both would eliminate a system of rigid set - asides for target populations, such as special - education students, the economically disadvantaged, and women, in favor of...

«Here They Come, Ready or Not,» an Education Week special report published May 14, 1986, presented a detailed demographic portrait of the changing school - age population.

Environmental Injustice: Poor and Minorities Suffer Most from Sick Schools In the second part of the special report Sick Schools: A National Problem, Education World news editor Diane Weaver Dunne examines how poor and minority school populations are exposed to more environmental hazards and therefore suffer a disproportionate amount of adverse health effects.

Special education vouchers have a political advantage that vouchers for low - income students lack: they can benefit not only the poverty - stricken disadvantaged, almost never a politically potent interest group, but also anyone who has a child with disabilities, a population that crosses all social and economic boundaries.

With years in the making, this kit is the culmination of my days spent assisting special education teachers and with populations on the autism spectrum.

Much of the aid targeted urban districts with heavy concentrations of low - income and special - education populations.

These courses address the basics of gifted education, including the academic and social needs of gifted children, best practices, counseling, and working with special populations.

The annual report from the American Council on Education focuses this year on the special concerns of Asian Pacific Americans, who make up about 3 percent of the U.S. population.

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Education officials in several states with large English - language - learner populations are bristling at a proposal by the U.S. Department of Education that they say would curb their flexibility in deciding when children are fluent in English and if they still need special services for ells.

06, a special education teacher and reading specialist at the Clarence R. Edwards Middle School in Charlestown, Mass., «Some states, including California, use third - grade reading scores to help predict prison populations for 10 years down the road.»

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The borough also has the largest youth population of any London borough, and since 2010 has seen the number of young people with special educational needs for whom the borough maintains an education, health and care plan increase from 1,800 to 2,500.

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State strategies for financing special education are almost as diverse as the populations the programs are meant to serve.