In 1798 the Fifth Congress passed the first federal law concerned with the care of persons with disabilities. ... With IDEA every child with a disability is properly educated from the age of 3 to 21 years of age. ... A child qualifies for all of the rights and benefits of IDEA, once he or she is determined to be a child with a disability as defined in the act. ... Children are evaluated when either the parents of the child request an evaluation, or when a "child find" activities, district personnel recommend an evaluation. ... A statement of the educational performance includes: - how the ...

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"This may be why home-schooled children generally score quite well on standardized tests, averaging between the sixty-fifth and ninetieth percentiles" (Sadker). ... This is because they spend a lot more time together than a child who goes to a public school would with their family. ... As one can see there is a lot of time wasted each day when a child could be learning something else. Another advantage of home schooling is the curriculum can be geared to fit the child's needs. The child can spend more time on what they need help in the most, which leaves more time for "hands-on" activitie...

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As a consequence, schools are expected to focus on the whole child; this means, not only to teach and make students learn, but also to take care of the student´s well-being and healthy development. ... Besides, the idea of educational equity is shown by the fact that every child has free early education and schools are provided with financial resources so they can better serve those with educational needs. ... Before the meeting, the parents of the child who is being discussed are informed about the situation and are often requested to be present (Sahlberg, 2012, p.5). ... Fifth, education po...

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Many of the children and parents were knowledgeable of the researcher via the child having taken a class with the researcher, exposed through other academic activities in the district, or other activities within the community and surrounding communities. ...

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New Zealand primary and secondary school curriculums have been changed and adapted regularly and considerably since the first nationwide mandated curriculum was introduced 1877. This essay will work to respond to the O'Neill, Clark and Openshaw (2004) statement; while identifying and explaining the ways in which the New Zealand curriculum has been changed and adapted from 1877 to 1970. This essay will do this by first, investigating the 1877 Education Act and examining the ways the New Zealand curriculum has been changed by several of processes over this time period. Second this essay w...

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