February 27, 1985
Education Week, Vol. 04, Issue 23
Education
Opinion
10th Anniversary of P.L. 94-142: A 'Visionary' Law That Has Worked
Ten years ago, Congress passed the Education for
All Handicapped Children Act (P. L. 94-142), requiring
the public schools to identify and then to
provide special-education services to youngsters
with educational, developmental, emotional, or physical disabilities.
Curriculum
Opinion
Politics and Reading Instruction Make a Dangerous Mix
While Americans may disagree heartily on the goals of public education, all agree that learning to read is a necessary component of schooling. For that reason, many reading theorists have sought to develop a definition of the reading process and a model for teaching reading.
Education
Profile: High School for 'Reluctant Learners'
Sakura-ga Oka (Cherry Hill) High School in Tokuyama is a place for
the students nobody else wants.
Education
Profile: Will Competition Spoil Rakuhoku High?
When the new school term begins in April, Rakuhoku High School will
have a new look. Along with the usual new faces, the Kyoto school will
have a new program, a new goal, and a new competitive spirit.