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  Mental Health in Urban Schools

  1/5/09 - Howard Adelman, Linda Taylor

  When it comes to mental health, urban schools have a wide range of assets and strengths - many of which have gone untapped. These assets reside within the school staff, the students, their families, and community resources, and bring with them resilience, perseverance, and hope. Urban schools are among the most ready of our nation’s schools to focus on mental health. Part of this readiness stems from an appreciation of the importance of promoting healthy social-emotional development, and...

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  Overview on deaf-blindness

  1/3/09 - Barbara Miles

  This overview provides fundamental information on deaf-blindness. Topics include causes, challenges, communication, orientation and mobility, education, transition, and family issues. The fact sheet is written for all audiences, especially parents, and professionals new to the field. Agency resources are listed and selected readings are referenced. Also available in Spanish.

• Perceptions of "Acting Black" Among African American Teens: Implications of Racial Dramaturgy for Academic and Social Achievement

  1/1/04 - Peterson-Lewis, Sonja, Bratton, Lisa M.

  Content analysis of 56 African American high school students' descriptions of the meaning of "acting Black" revealed five underlying content dimensions: (1) academic/scholastic, (2) aesthetic/stylistic, (3) behavioral, (4) dispositional, and (5) impressionistic. With the exception of the qualities in the aesthetic/stylistic category, the respondents attributed primarily negative qualities to "acting Black." Although Black youths' perspectives on "acting White" has been a topic of great...

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  Principal preparedness to support students with disabilities and other diverse learners: A Policy Forum proceedings document

  1/1/10 - Paula Burdette

  "Based on the importance of principals’ roles in supporting students with disabilities and other diverse learners, Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), in collaboration with LeadScape1, held a policy forum on this topic as part of its cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)."

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  Professional Learning Communities: A Practice to Support the Induction and Retention of Novice Special Education Teachers

  1/1/09 - Pugach, M. C., Blanton, L. P., Correa, V. I., McLeskey, J., & Langley, L. K.

  Collaboration among novice special education teachers and their general education colleagues can bolster the impact of induction programs for all novice teachers, including special education teachers. Strong, supportive collaborative structures also can influence novice special education teacher retention. A Professional Learning Community—the topic of this Brief—is a promising collaborative structure for engaging these novice teachers in the professional school culture.

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  Professional Learning Communities: A Promising Practice for Integrating Novice Special Education Teachers into the School Culture

  1/1/10 - Pugach, M. C., Blanton, L. P., Correa, V. I., McLeskey, J., & Langley, L. K.

  Collaboration among novice special education teachers and their general education colleagues can bolster the impact of induction programs for all novice teachers, including special education teachers. Strong, supportive collaborative structures also can influence novice special education teacher retention. A Professional Learning Community—the topic of this Brief—is a promising collaborative structure for engaging these novice teachers in the professional school culture.

• Reversing the "standard" direction: Science emerging from the lives of African American students

  1/1/01 - Seiler, Gale

  Recognizing the persistent science achievement gap between inner-city African American students and students from mainstream, White society, this article suggests that the imposition of external standards on inner-city schools will do little to ameliorate this gap because such an approach fails to address the significance of the social and cultural lives of the students. Instead, it is suggested that the use of critical ethnographic research would enable educators to learn from the students...

• Review of Black American students in an affluent suburb: A study of academic disengagement

  1/1/05 - Drain, J. Denise

  Reviews the book, <i>Black American students in an affluent suburb: A study of academic disengagement</i> by J. U. Ogbu (see record 2003-04692-000). The purpose of this book is to report findings of a research project that investigated the achievement gap between African American and White students in the community of Shaker Heights, OH. The topic of the racial achievement gap is quite current and interesting to many school administrators, government agencies, and community leaders. The...

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  Reviving the education engine

  1/16/09 - Bruce Vandal

  "The Education Commission of the States (ECS), with support from the KnowledgeWorks Foundation (Cincinnati, Ohio), dedicated 2009 to engaging state education, business and workforce development leaders in the creation of a framework for how states can more effectively align education, economic development and workforce development policy. ECS devoted meetings of its Steering Committee and its National Forum on Education Policy in 2009 to the topic. In addition, ECS engaged other leaders...

• State policies

  1/1/08 - National Center on Educational Outcomes,

  NCEO maintains pages that link to state policies for students with disabilities related to many special topics, including Accommodations, Graduation Requirements, Accountability (including NCLB), etc.

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  The Black-White Achievement Gap: When Progress Stopped

  1/8/10 - Barton, P. and Coley, R.

  This report discusses trends in the gap between Black and White educational attainment, school achievement, and contextual factors from the beginning of the 20th century to the present time.There is widespread awareness that there is a very substantial gap between the educational achievement of the White and the Black population in our nation, and that the gap is as old as the nation itself. Barton and Coley explore topics that remain sensitive in public discussion in their search for...

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  The Madison Story: Vision into Reality –Inclusive, Collaborative and Culturally Responsive Schools

  1/13/09 - Jack Jorgensen, Sue Abplanalp

  This presentation goes over the following topics: Learning About Data Purpose, Collection and Analysis to Create Change; Understanding a Process from Exclusionary Practices to Inclusionary Practices; Discovering Two Effective Change Models; Discovering Teaming Tools; Planning for the Future