Ed 300 Research Proposal
\nResearch Question: How have U.S public schools changed their approach to educating children with disabilities since the Education for All Handicapped Children Act was enacted in 1975? How and why have the goals of special education changed over time?<\/p>\n
Significance: Before 1975, the vast majority of students with disabilities received no formal education. However, the Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975 required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide disabled children with equal access to education. Since that time, the goals of educational programs for disabled students have evolved. Schools are now moving away from special education towards a policy of integration. There have been changes in teacher qualifications and training, stated objectives, and the overall approach to educating students with disabilities. This topic is relevant to ED 300 because it focuses on a major challenge that public schools in America face. The number of students diagnosed with some type of disability is growing at a rapid rate. When discussing proposals for education reform, it is often forgotten that these students do exist at public schools and must be taken into account in any reform strategy. I also have a personal interest in this topic as I have worked with teens with disabilities for several years. I am interested in learner what their experiences are like in the public school system and how that experience is different than it would have been at different points during the last three and a half decades.
\nResearch Strategy: I searched google scholar for changes in special education policy and found a few promising results. However, these resources were not quite sufficient for a research paper. I then searched Education week\u2019s database in search of articles from different time periods. I ran multiple searches of the database with each one focusing on a different five year period in order to uncover how the thinking about children with disabilities has changed over time (only goes back to 1981). I also used the TOR library resources and searched for relevant books in the Library catalog. A search for old newspaper articles was surprisingly not very successful. I plan on trying to find official curricula for disabled students from different eras but I am not sure where I can find this.<\/p>\n
Sources
\nBiklen, Douglas. \u201cAfter 10 Years of Mainstreaming: The Disabled Are Making Impressive Gains.\u201d Education
\nWeek, April 27, 1983. http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/1983\/04\/27\/03170001.h02.html?qs=disabilities.<\/p>\n
Council for Exceptional Children. Teacher Education and Special Education. Reston, Va: Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children, 1977.<\/p>\n
DuBois, Stephen. \u201c13 Percent of Oregon Student Population – Nearly 85,000 – in Special Education Programs | The Republic.\u201d The Republic, n.d. http:\/\/www.therepublic.com\/view\/story\/b250248422f64c1aa44dd788a55bf1ae\/OR–Special-Education\/.<\/p>\n
Flanagan, Nancy. \u201cMoving Special Education to the Virtual World.\u201d Education Week – Teacher in a Strange Land, n.d. http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/teachers\/teacher_in_a_strange_land\/2010\/08\/moving_special_education_to_the_virtual_world.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB.<\/p>\n
Foster, Susan G. \u201c\u2018Mainstreaming\u2019 Still A Problem in Special Education.\u201d Education Week, March 2, 1983. http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/1983\/03\/02\/03100018.h02.html?qs=special+education.<\/p>\n
Hyman, Irwin A., and Richard Roeder. \u201cThe Dumbing of Special Education.\u201d Education Week, May 26, 1993. http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/1993\/05\/26\/35hyman.h12.html?qs=disabilities.<\/p>\n
Reese, Phillip, and Melody Gutierrez. \u201cBudget Cuts, Change in Approach Place More Special Education Students in Regular Schools – The Sacramento Bee.\u201d The Sacramento Bee, n.d. http:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/2012\/04\/04\/4389390\/budget-cuts-change-in-approach.html.
\nRichardson, John G., and Tara L. Parker. \u201cThe Institutional Genesis of Special Education: The American Case.\u201d American Journal of Education 101, no. 4 (1993): 359\u2013392.<\/p>\n
SCHEMO, Diana. \u201cHouse Backs Vast Changes In Education For Disabled – New York Times\u201d, n.d. http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/05\/01\/us\/house-backs-vast-changes-in-education-for-disabled.html.<\/p>\n
Schnaiberg, Lynn. \u201cE.D. Report Documents \u2018Full Inclusion\u2019 Trend.\u201d Education Week, October 19, 1994. http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/1994\/10\/19\/07idea.h14.html?qs=disabilities.<\/p>\n
Shah, Nirvi. \u201cS.C.\u2019s Penalty for Cutting Special Ed. Spending Delayed.\u201d Education Week – On Special Education, n.d. http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/edweek\/speced\/2011\/08\/south_carolina_penalty_for_cut.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB.<\/p>\n
Shah, Nirvi. \u201cNew Research Projects Explore Ways to Improve Special Education.\u201d Education Week – On Special Education, n.d. http:\/\/blogs.edweek.org\/edweek\/speced\/2012\/03\/more_than_two_dozen_research.html?cmp=SOC-SHR-FB.<\/p>\n
Singer, Judith, and John Butler. \u201cThe Education for All Handicapped Children Act: Schools as Agents of Social Reform.\u201d Harvard Educational Review 57, no. 2 (July 1, 1987): 125\u2013153.
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014. \u201cThe Education for All Handicapped Children Act: Schools as Agents of Social Reform.\u201d Harvard Educational Review 57, no. 2 (July 1, 1987): 125\u2013153.<\/p>\n
Skiba, Russell, Ada Simmons, Shana Ritter, Ashley Gibb, M. Rausch, Jason Cuadrado, and Choong-Geun Chung. \u201cAchieving Equity in Special Education: History, Status, and Current Challenges.\u201d Exceptional Children 74, no. 3 (January 1, 2008): 264\u2013288.<\/p>\n
United States. Accountability and IDEA: What Happens When the Bus Doesn\u2019t Come Anymore?: Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, Examining the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Focusing on Accountability from the Federal Government, and a Collaboration Between Institutions of Higher Education, Local Schools, and School Faculties for Teacher Preparation Programs, June 6, 2002. S. Hrg 107-672. Washington: U.S. G.P.O.\u202f: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [Congressional Sales Office], 2002.
\n\u2014\u2014\u2014. Progress Toward a Free Appropriate Public Education; a Report to Congress on the Implementation of Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. DHEW Publication (OE). Washington: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, [Education Division], U.S. Office of Education, 1979.<\/p>\n
United States, and United States. Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Education, U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitatative Services, 1980.<\/p>\n
Viadero, Debra. \u201cStudents With Disabilities Are Overlooked In Push To Measure Skills.\u201d Education Week, March 4, 1992. http:\/\/www.edweek.org\/ew\/articles\/1992\/03\/04\/24speced.h11.html?qs=disabilities.<\/p>\n
Yell, Mitchell L, David Rogers, and Elisabeth Lodge Rogers. \u201cThe Legal History of Special Education What a Long, Strange Trip It\u2019s Been!\u201d Remedial and Special Education 19, no. 4 (July 1, 1998): 219\u2013228.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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