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Direct linkPACER Center, 2022
School work is designed to challenge students and help them meet grade-level academic standards. Students with disabilities have the right to learn and participate in the general education curriculum. Public school districts must provide these students with the services, accommodations, and modifications that they need to learn the same material…
Descriptors: Special Education, Student Evaluation, Students with Disabilities, Public Schools
Download full textOffice of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, 2020
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of this writing, 21 states and three U.S. territories have ordered or recommended school building closures for the rest of the academic year, with closures impacting at least 124,000 U.S. public and private schools and affecting at least 55.1 million students. In addition, districts in nearly all other states…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Students with Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Parent Role
Kearney, Katheryn – G/C/T, 1984
Parents of two gifted children are interviewed about their decision to teach their children at home. The parents describe their reasons for taking the children out of school and the benefits of home schooling and offer suggestions for other parents contemplating the idea. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Home Schooling, Parent Role
Alberta Education, 2007
Alberta parents enjoy a range of choices for their children's education, including the option of home education. Alberta's "School Act" and its funding guidelines for education recognize the central role of parents in the education of their children. No matter what your decision about educational programming, your ongoing involvement…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Private Schools, Home Schooling, Childhood Interests
Laughy, Linwood – 1993
Noting that the single best way to improve elementary education is to strengthen parents' role in it, this book describes aspects of parent-school interaction that could be used to improve the quality of children's education and academic success. The first chapter defines the ineffective ways in which most parents respond to public education and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Improvement, Home Schooling, Parent Participation
Silverman, Linda Kreger, Ed. – Understanding Our Gifted, 1993
The six issues of this newsletter have the following themes: (1) home schooling, (2) promising practices, (3) parent advocacy, (4) the young gifted child, (5) "being out of sync," and (6) philosophy of giftedness. Major articles include the following: "Homeschooling for Gifted Primary Students" (Patricia Linehan); "Learning to Fly: A Home…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Child Advocacy, Child Rearing
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1995
The District of Columbia Board of Education recognizes home schooling as an option for parents. This option allows a parent or guardian to provide instruction to his or her own children, but not for an instructor to teach non-related children in a home setting. This document, compiled by the District of Columbia Public Schools, provides guidelines…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Information Sources
