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Barnard-Brak, Lucy; Stevens, Tara; Valenzuela, Evelyn – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
The purpose of the current study was to examine barriers, if any, reported by special education directors to providing extended school year (ESY) services. Results indicate four barriers to providing ESY services listed in order of importance by special education directors: difficulty in finding qualified personnel to work over the summer,…
Descriptors: Barriers, Special Education, Rural Education, Disabilities
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Mafalda Carmo Ed. – Online Submission, 2024
This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2024), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Barriers, Educational Change, Technology Uses in Education
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Mafalda Carmo Ed. – Online Submission, 2024
This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2024), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Barriers, Educational Change, Technology Uses in Education
Hawley, Leslie R.; Koziol, Natalie A.; Bovaird, James A.; McCormick, Carina M.; Welch, Greg W.; Arthur, Ann M.; Bash, Kirstie – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2016
A critical aspect of rural research is carefully defining and describing the rural context. This is particularly important in rural special education research because different definitions of rural may influence resource allocation, grant funding eligibility, and/or research findings. In order to highlight the importance of operationalizing rural,…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Special Education, Educational Research, Barriers
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Rude, Harvey; Miller, Kevin J. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
This article reviews current developments in state and national policies that affect rural special education. A brief overview of the federal role in rural education is provided, with emphasis on the implications for the provision of special education services in rural communities. A variety of challenges are identified, including (a) the variable…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Special Education, Educational Policy, Barriers
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Fiechtl, Barbara J.; Hager, Karen D. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2019
This article describes a statewide online alternative teacher preparation program in early childhood special education. The history and evolution of the program is explained along with the programmatic changes that resulted from working with noncertified teachers with a wide variety of backgrounds in both rural and urban districts. Challenges and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Distance Education, Educational History, Special Education
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McKissick, Bethany R.; Davis, Luann Ley; Spooner, Fred; Fisher, Larry B.; Graves, Carlie – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2018
Rural special educators face unique challenges in providing high quality special education services, especially when teaching grade-aligned science content. Computer-assisted instruction (CAI) is one strategy that has the potential to address two major challenges (i.e., a lack of preservice training and limited professional development…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, Intellectual Disability
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2019
This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2019), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Staff Development, Educational Quality
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Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2018
This book contains a compilation of papers presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2018), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS). Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Staff Development, Educational Quality
Strange, Marty; Johnson, Jerry; Showalter, Daniel; Klein, Robert – Rural School and Community Trust, 2012
"Why Rural Matters 2011-12" is the sixth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. While it is the sixth in a series, this report is not simply an…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, Educational Policy, Annual Reports