This guide explains how to educate homeless students within the public schools, focusing on the Saint Paul, Minnesota, public schools. Section 1 defines homelessness. Section 2 presents data on the increasing numbers of homeless students in the area. Section 3 describes common problems faced by homeless students, including family mobility,…

Asserts that failure to consider carefully the purposes and uses to which standardized tests are put can place barriers in the way of equal educational opportunities for minority students. Proposes six precautions for ensuring that standardized tests can be used without endangering equal educational opportunities. (PGD)

Examines the need for least restrictive environment (LRE) options in physical education (PE) for students with disabilities who traditionally receive regular, adapted, or no PE. The paper proposes an alternative approach to identifying LRE options based on the outcome of a three-year Department of Education Special Projects grant. (SM)

Discusses two dimensions of equity within small-group learning--access and equitable relations--describing complex instruction (CI) as an approach that lets educators address these issues. CI teachers use cooperative learning to teach at high academic levels in diverse classrooms. The paper describes CI in action, achievement results in CI…

Helps physical educators objectively assess their interaction patterns with students and make necessary changes. After videotaping their class, they can tabulate interactions with students, examining such issues as whether they are leaving out certain children, whether management drives instruction, whether certain students repeatedly demand…

Many people believe that public education holds the key to success for individuals and society. However, too often they do not prioritize equitable educational opportunities for all students. To provide quality education for all students regardless of life circumstances requires community reform, not just academic reform. Education can provide…

Due process is a set of procedures that seeks to ensure fairness of education decisions and accountability, for both parents and educational professionals. The due process hearing provides a forum where disagreements about the identification, evaluation, educational placement, and provision of a free appropriate public education for students with…

This document is one of a series of guides to self-evaluation which builds on the advice given in the publication "How good is our school?" (2002 edition). This guide should be used to evaluate the quality of educational provision for bilingual learners, principally those who are learning English as an additional language (throughout the…

The aim of this guide is to help youth services workers in New South Wales (Australia) develop and implement their own access and equity policy for their organizations. The focus is on addressing the access barriers to young people from a non-English speaking background, but many of the issues, strategies, and processes discussed are applicable to…

Two Delphi studies were conducted by the Ethics and Equity Committee of the International Council for Computers in Education (ICCE) to obtain the opinions of experts on areas that should be covered by ethical guides for the use of computers in education and for software development, and to develop a model code of ethics for each of these areas.…

A second wave of educational reform is closely scrutinizing fundamental issues (structure, organization, management, curriculum, and instruction) and calling for at least partial restructuring of the public school system. After presenting a scenario of an ideally restructured elementary school, this paper explores the…

The suggestions presented in this publication are designed to assist principals in improving school effectiveness through a well-planned, well-executed program of staff supervision and curriculum development. The document is organized into four major areas. First, the need for the principal to provide strong curriculum leadership through…

This publication, divided into five sections, reviews Title IX regulations and provides interpretations to help educators achieve educational equity in their schools. An overview of Title IX regulations discusses persons covered by the legislation, admission and recruitment policies, treatment of students, and employment practices. The second…

This pamphlet provides information on what higher education institutions can do to accomodate women over 25 who have interrupted their education for several years and are now entering or re-entering postsecondary institutions. Topics discussed include institutional attitudes, double discrimination, institutional invisibility, and barriers to…

This pamphlet is designed to help school personnel in Massachusetts achieve equal opportunity in physical education and sports programs for all students, regardless of sex. Answers are provided for some of the most commonly raised questions on this issue: (1) Do the regulations require that all physical education classes be coeducational? (2) Do…