Special education in the United States

No Child Left Behind, the education legislation passed in 2001, mandated nationwide proficiency in all students across all grades by the year 2014. The implementation of No Child Left Behind has created issues because of its high-stakes testing, budgeting issues, and proficiency issues; these issues directly relate to concepts in the field of Science and Technology Studies. The largest issue stemming from No Child Left Behind is high-stakes testing. No Child Left Behind requires that all…

been a goal within education since the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) that “separate but equal” violated the Fourteenth Amendment. Lipson (2007) state selective universities has been practicing race-based affirmative action and other racial diversity policies since 1960s. Many institutions try to establish methods to diversify the student body that does not discriminate against any particular group of ethnicities. Kaplan (2014) states admissions…

differently than I do,” said a second grade child as he read to a student in my classroom who had Autism. The student with Autism was jumping up and down and playing with a small toy next to the boy reading to him. If the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) had not been passed these two students most likely would not have attended the same school. That second grade child would not be able to learn and interact with students who were significantly different than he was. His views…

the United Kingdom (UK) is similar throughout Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and England; providing for appropriate special education services for those students who qualifying is similar as well. With a focus specifically on England, which occupies the southernmost region of the UK, this section of the paper will examine the policy framework, programs, and assessments of exceptional needs students through a comparative lens with that of similar structures and services throughout the United…

On November of 2004, Congress ratified the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IDEA was the first national special education law applying to all public schools in the United States. “IDEA was initially passed in 1975 as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act” and in 1990 the title of the law was changed to IDEA. IDEA was signed into law by President Bush on December 3rd, 2004 and was put into effect to work along side with the No Child Left…

American education reform has long been a subject of political debate; which has prevented the United States from taking effective action to improve the national education system. In order to change what is happening in public schools, one must look at the problems and potential solutions to these problems. This essay will be comprised of three components. I will reflect on the main goal of the education system, which is to further the advancement of special groups such as minority students. I…

English Language Learners Be Placed in a General Classroom or a Special Education Classroom? A third question plaguing schools with English language learners is whether to place the English language learners in a general classroom or a special education classroom. Several schools place them in the special education classroom when they do not have special needs, thus taking the teacher’s attention away from students that have special needs and require the extra help. Likewise, when English…

Introduction Since the passage of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act, now codified as IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and the required adequate yearly progress (AYP), students are being served in various ways and the United States is striving to improve the quality of the educational practices and academic outcomes for students with disabilities (Palmer, 2015 and Stoutjesdijk, Scholte, & Swaab, 2012). In an attempt to meet the mandates…

High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany was an unforgettable experience. I say this with both the most positive and highest regard someone could use to define a once in a lifetime and life-changing opportunity. I was able to grow as a future special education educator, a Western Michigan University student, and as an individual. I was pushed out of my comfort zone in many ways inside and outside the classroom, and through the Department of Defense School Environment, as well as being in Germany,…

When I think about children with special needs, I think of unique individuals who are different in their own way. They want to feel like any other child and need someone who understands what they child need. Someone who is patient, nurturing, joyful, someone who is dedicated to their job, they need someone who will take the time to make sure they get the best care. Information on the history of early childhood Throughout history educators have come to discover that children learn in several ways…