Essays and Research Papers on Special Populations & Conditions

A 7 page examination of the role social origin plays in educational attainment. The author emphasizes that while social origin can make attaining an education difficult, it is the responsibility of the individual to overcome those difficulties and to achieve the final goal. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of some specific areas of special education, including assessments, early intervention services and transition services. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper emphasizes the importance of integrating Down Syndrome students into the mainstream classroom. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 30 page paper. In this paper, we examine the need for transition programs, explain what transition means and we discuss some of the many programs that have reported successes. The outcomes for students with disabilities are not promising. For instance, within five years after high school 31 percent have been arrested at least once. ...

16 pages. The 'No Child Left Behind' (NCLB) Educational Act that President Bush has signed into being assures new guidelines causing teachers and schools to be more accountable for the education received by every child, especially those in the lower-performing schools. This paper examines the ramifications of this tough new law and ...

A 25 page position paper. The position is against inclusion. The introduction offers an overview the controversy surrounding inclusion. Specific terms are defined. Legal foundations, including specific court cases are reported. The research section reports and discusses a number of studies, some of which found positive results for students with disabilities in regular education classrooms ...

This 7 page paper provides an overview of a the goal setting process for a child with special needs. This paper relates the importance of defining specific educational goals. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 3 page brief history of teaching English Language Learners (ELL), beginning with the nineteenth century and continuing to the current debate over what constitutes the best practices in this area of education. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 11 page paper. The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974 is intended to protect the rights and privacy of students and their families. More specifically, this federal law protects the student's school records. The law covers both paper and computerized records. This paper outlines and discusses the provisions of FERPA, ...

A 3 page paper that reports and discusses what the law says about disciplining students with disabilities. The writer also comments on the Responsiveness-to-Intervention (RTI) process in terms of how problems may be identified. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at legislation and LEP programs in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. Laws in each state are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 12 page research paper (plus one-page outline) that addresses how current welfare reform has impacted adult and vocational education, which places its emphasis on putting people into jobs, any sort of job, as the first step in the welfare process, rather than developing the basic and job-related skills for obtaining gainful employment. Furthermore, the ...

This 8 page paper provides an overview of the issue of diversity in the educational setting, with a focus on the issue for two dominant subcultures. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 3 page paper which examines four articles regarding inclusion in education. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page investigation of education as it exists among the Amish people. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

The Recruitment and Retention of African American A 5 page discussion of the disproportionate representation of blacks and whites in the nation's gifted educational programs. Outlines advancements such as the 1988 Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Act which promotes African American participation in these programs and the recognition of the U.S. ...

This 8 page paper looks at three models of disability and considers the way in which an adopted mind set reflecting one of these three models may impact on the attitudes and practices of a teacher. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This 3 page paper looks at the idea of the inclusive classroom as well as the desirability of parental involvement. Recommendations are made. Bibliography lists 1 source.

A 7 page discussion of the racial and cultural bias which exists in education and educational testing. Supports the contentions of Claude S. Fischer in "Inequality by Design: Cracking the Bell Curve Myth" which attacks the inherent bias in educational testing, particularly previous contentions that racially related I.Q. scores determine economic, social, and intellectual ...

A 4 page paper which compares Pickett County, Tennessee to the state of Tennessee concerning the education report cards. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses the pros and cons of inclusion in the modern education system. Examples given, studies examined. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the concept of inclusive education and how this may be applied to physical disability in a secondary school, looking at different approaches and the ay inclusion may be achieved. The bibliography cites 2 sources.

A 4 page paper which looks at The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass and discusses how the lack of education helped keep the slave system alive and strong. No additional sources cited.

This 3 page paper considers some of the pros and cons of bilingual education, and argues that the system is necessary, though it can be improved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

8 pages in length. Academic benchmarks are established as a means by which to provide a median level of expected student performance. Such generalized standards have come under a great deal of controversy for their inability to incorporate the learning disabled or IEPs who become pitted against higher performing students and ultimately marginalized ...