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Robinson, Ann; Deitz, Christine – Gifted Child Today, 2022
Policy is a powerful tool that guides many gifted education services and practices in states across the U.S. In addition to student services, policies can govern teacher preparation standards and qualifications for educators responsible for instructional delivery to academically talented learners. Essential to the process, institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Gifted Education, Academically Gifted, Educational Policy, State Policy
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Teagarden, Jim; Zabel, Robert; Kaff, Marilyn – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2017
Dr. Carl Smith shares his reflections on a varied career that included many different roles and responsibilities but shared a focus on children with behavior disorders. Dr. Smith also provides insight into where he believes the field is heading and offers his advice to those just entering the field. Perhaps the lasting advice to all is to focus on…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Problems, Career Development, Special Education Teachers
Grimes, Jeff; Stumme, Jim – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this document is to provide a historical perspective of the evolution of special education in Iowa through the voices of the people who created the system of support for individuals with disabilities. In addition to the interviews, extensive historical literature reviews were conducted. One hundred and thirty individuals were…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Educational History, Educational Trends
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Foegen, Anne; Olson, Jeannette R.; Impecoven-Lind, Linda – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2008
Secondary special educators are in desperate need of progress monitoring measures in mathematics that appropriately reflect their students' instructional content. As educators across the country respond to increasing standards for challenging curricula, growing numbers of students with disabilities are participating in more advanced mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Special Education Teachers, Algebra, Secondary School Teachers
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Raschke, Donna; Maude, Susan; Brotherson, Mary Jane; Milburn, Penny – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2001
This article describes Iowa's journey to establish and implement a unified endorsement in early childhood and early childhood special education, birth through third grade. It describes the formation of the Unified Institute of Higher Education Consortium and the support the consortium provided to help faculty make major curriculum changes.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Consortia, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
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Hansen, Deb – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1997
Describes how focus groups comprised of speech-language professionals, paraprofessionals, general and special education teachers, and parents in Iowa were used to conduct a needs assessment of issues in staff development and use of paraprofessional personnel and to design job-relevant personnel development programs. An attached chart lists themes…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Focus Groups, Interdisciplinary Approach