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Meghan M. Burke; Zach Rossetti; Janeth Aleman Tovar; Kristina Rios; James D. Lee; Kristen Schraml-Block; Javier I. Rivera – Online Submission, 2021
Due to systemic barriers, Spanish-speaking (versus English-speaking) parents of children with disabilities are less likely to participate in educational decision-making. However, little research has directly compared special education experiences between both populations. The purpose of this study was to explore the differences and similarities…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, English, Barriers, Students with Disabilities
Rossetti, Zach; Burke, Meghan M.; Rios, Kristina; Rivera, Javier; Schraml, Kristen; Hughes, Oscar; Lee, James; Aleman Tovar, Janeth – Online Submission, 2020
Although parent involvement is a cornerstone of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), few individual parents of children with disabilities participate in civic engagement to voice their suggestions for the next IDEA reauthorization. To address this gap, a civic engagement training was conducted with 95 parents of children with…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education, Students with Disabilities
Alenuma, Sidonia – Online Submission, 2009
The objective of this paper is to explore the operation of magnet and professional development school (PDS) programs in a real life situation using an ethnographic study of Downtown Elementary School (DES--a pseudonym) that simultaneously operates as a PDS and a magnet school. The author spent almost three years at DES, located in the Southern…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Professional Development Schools, Magnet Schools, Urban Schools