This act, while a step in the right direction, was not specific about how schools should change their educational environment to be accessible for special needs children. ... The Pew Stateline notes: Many schools will have fewer speech, occupational or physical therapists, along with social workers and school psychologists, which means students who previously received speech therapy twice a week might only receive it once week or not at all And in some general education classrooms that had two teachers – one for the whole class and one specifically to support students with special needs...

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They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather than some of them are violent. ... If our communities are not responsive to the needs of families and their children, this neglect can develop into school violence. ... Although our culture expects the family to deal with childhood problems, contemporary society makes it difficult for parents to meet all their children's needs. ... All the teachers outlaw bullying, discuss episodes so problem chi...

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Interactive multimedia systems can serve a variety of purposes but their great power resides in highly sophisticated software that employs scientifically based educational methods to guide the student through a path of instruction individually tailored to suit the special needs of each person. ... First, students receive training when and where they need it. ... Second, students can adjourn training at any point in the lesson and return to it later. ... Students find the program interesting, so they stick with it. ... Most will agree that classroom computers seem to have a positive effect o...

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"Immigrant and refugee parents said their children face discrimination at school from students and teachers alike" (Garrett 289). ... From tactless questions to physical altercations, an immigrant student will endure the abuse that comes from culturally inept community members. ... America is the home of the free, and that is what attracts many immigrants; therefore, America needs to improve the availability of ESL education. ... Moreover, the children taking these classes would not have to deal with excess ridicule for taking special classes to be able to speak and write in the ...

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c) NEED: Companies that accommodate the special needs of the demographically diverse workforce will become more appealing places to work and will thereby reduce turnover costs. ... Classroom studies have repeatedly shown that students live up-or down-to their teacher's expectations. ... Diversity in workforce is growing in all countries special USA, Canada and Europe. ...

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The well renowned professor of law at Yale, Peter Schuck described affirmative action as "A program in which people who control access to important social resources offer preferential access to those resources for particular groups that they think need special treatment" (Schuck 5.) ... Another example of preferential treatment of minorities is when students are seen as being admitted into academic institutions based solely on their race, despite that their academic score are drastically lower than standards. Along with this process comes the low regard for the minority student popul...

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