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Download full textNASBE Policy Update, 1997
This policy digest reviews the current status of state level graduation policies and the inclusion of students with disabilities in more rigorous student accountability measures. The results of two surveys conducted by the Council of Chief State School Officers on the inclusion of students with disabilities in state level graduation requirements…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements
Taylor, Kelley R. – A Legal Memorandum, 1997
For many students in the 1990s, school is no longer a safe environment in which they feel free to learn. This brief is intended to dispel myths about peer sexual harassment and clarify the new realities of the phenomenon in schools. The brief also conveys the message that school administrators have a duty to foster a school environment based on…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
National Education Knowledge Industry Association, Washington, DC. – 1997
Researchers have discovered that the physical condition of a school can make a difference in student achievement. To further this knowledge, seven articles on school environments, ranging from school repair to strategies for infrastructure funding, are presented. The first article, "The Cruel Conditions of Our Nation's Schools," (Michael…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Policy
Civil, Jean – Coombe Lodge Report, 1992
This report examines student services within British institutions of higher education and provides six case studies of institutions that have developed approaches to the management of their student services. It includes the findings of a national survey of 100 colleges of further education (66 percent responded) that investigated a variety of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Confidentiality, Counseling Services
Gregg, Soleil – 1994
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are provided for under three federal statutes: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part B; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. State education agencies have ultimate responsibility for providing a free…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Compliance (Legal), Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
1995
This publication contains a selection of undergraduate and graduate student research papers offered to the Eta Sigma Gamma Society in the health science disciplines. Articles include: (1) "The Development of Public/Private Partnerships and Their Impact on the Future of Public Health" (James Broadbear); (2) "Cancer Knowledge,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, Blacks, Cancer
