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Study of Maine School Administrative Units' Capacity to Support Preschool Special Education
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Amy F. Johnson – Center for Education Policy, Applied Research, and Evaluation, 2022
This report compiles the results of a survey of Maine superintendents and special education directors that was conducted in May of 2022. The purpose of the survey was to determine districts' awareness of ongoing policy conversations about transferring responsibility for preschool special education services from Child Development Services to School…
Descriptors: School Administration, Special Education, Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes
Pre-K and Charter Schools: Where State Policies Create Barriers to Collaboration
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Mead, Sara; Mitchel, Ashley LiBetti – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2015
Both charter schools and preschools have shown tremendous potential to change the educational and life trajectories of low-income kids. In combination, they could do even more to improve the odds for the nation's most vulnerable youngsters. But current policy and practice in many states limit the ability of charter schools to offer state-funded…
Descriptors: Preschools, Charter Schools, Educational Cooperation, Barriers
The "Curriculum Challenge": Moving towards the "Storyline" Approach in a Case Study Urban Primary School
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Nuttall, Amanda – Improving Schools, 2016
This article draws on an inquiry into the design and implementation of the curriculum in a case study urban primary school in the north of England. In response to the introduction of the revised National Curriculum in September 2014, teachers and the school head engaged in a critical discourse around their perceptions of students' attainment and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Urban Schools, Elementary Schools, Curriculum Implementation
Committed to Reform: Preschool Expansion Moves Forward Despite Financial Obstacles. Policy Brief
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Donovan, Laura Fasbach – Association for Children of New Jersey, 2010
New Jersey's continued commitment to preschool is in line with a growing body of research that shows an investment in such programs produces both short-term and long-term gains for children, their families and their communities. In fact, a series of studies from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) in 2007 and 2009 found…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, Educational Finance, Outcomes of Education, School Districts
Early Intervening for Students with Speech Sound Disorders: Lessons from a School District
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Mire, Stephen P.; Montgomery, Judy K. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2009
The concept of early intervening services was introduced into public school systems with the implementation of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004. This article describes a program developed for students with speech sound disorders that incorporated concepts of early intervening services, response to…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, School Districts, Early Intervention
University-School-Center Collaboration in Support of Identifying and Treating Minority Children with Hearing, Language, or Speech Difficulties: Fulfilling the Spirit of "No Child Left Behind"
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Kidd-Proctor, Kathleen; Herrington, David – Online Submission, 2006
St. Martin Hall, a demonstration school affiliated with Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, collaborated with the Harry Jersig Center to test students for speech and language difficulties or hearing loss. A significant number of the children were from economically disadvantaged homes. Most of the children were Hispanic.…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Parochial Schools, Laboratory Schools, Elementary Schools