Issues in Teacher Education articles from September 2007

Issues in Teacher Education archives from September 2007

Introduction and rationale.
September 22, 2007... In November of 2005, four university campuses (1) in southern California participated in a commemoration of the Education for All Handicap Children's Act (PL 94-142), the first federal special education law. The significance of this law must be...

PL 94-142: policy, evolution, and landscape shift.(Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975)
September 22, 2007... PL 94-142 fundamentally changed the lives of children with disabilities, families, and professionals. The policy opened school doors for all children, regardless of the type or degree of their disability. This article examines the policy in its...

"Was it worth it? You bet": the impact of PL 94-142 on lives and careers.(Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975)
September 22, 2007... This article presents a panel discussion held to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), commonly referred to as PL 94-142. The panel discussion was one part of a statewide Commemoration in...

Building bridges with families: honoring the mandates of IDEIA.(Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act)
September 22, 2007... Parent participation has been one of the key principles of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) since it was first authorized in 1975 as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA) (Turnbull, 1993) and...

Gaining access to general education: the promise of universal design for learning.
September 22, 2007... On November 29, 1975 then President Ford signed the Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA, Public Law 94-142) into law, mandating for the first time that children and youth with disabilities be afforded the right to a free and...

Response to intervention: building the capacity of teachers to serve students with learning difficulties.
September 22, 2007... In thirty years since federal special education law, PL 94-142 (1975), there has been much debate about how to best identify and serve students with learning disabilities and those at-risk for learning difficulties. This debate continues even...

Celebrating PL 94-142: the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.(Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975)
September 22, 2007... A Brief and Personal History I am grateful to the faculty of California State University, Long Beach for celebrating the anniversary of PL 94-142, the Education of All Handicapped Children Act of 1975. I also thank them for inviting me to...

Book review introduction.(Editorial)
September 22, 2007... What can we learn from scholarly practitioners and practicing scholars? Regular and special education teachers, administrators, and teacher educators are joined together in this book review section to provide the reader with multiple views of...

Just Who Do We Think We Are? Methodologies for Autobiography and Self-Study in Teaching.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Just Who Do We Think We Are? Methodologies for Autobiography and Self-Study in Teaching Edited by Claudia Mitchell, Sandra Weber, & Kathleen O'Reilly-Scanlon New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2005 Co-edited by three teacher educators, the main...

Widening the Circle: The Power of Inclusive Classrooms.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Widening the Circle: The Power of Inclusive Classrooms By Mara Sapon-Shevin Boston: Beacon Press, 2007 In Widening the Circle: the Power of Inclusive Classrooms, Mara Sapon-Shevin is not shy about declaring a strong stance for inclusion....

Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America's Teachers By Daniel Moulthroup, Ninive Clements Calegari, & Dave Eggers New York: The New Press, 2005 One afternoon while perusing the local bookstore, a book cover...

Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners.(Book review)
September 22, 2007... Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners By Jane D. Hill & Kathleen M. Flynn Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2006 A recent Pew Hispanic Center Report (2006) indicates English...

Freedom Machines.(Video recording review)
September 22, 2007... Freedom Machines Richard Cox Productions, 2005 Distributor: New Day Films What Is a Human Life Worth? Changing the attitudes of human beings is a complex process, fraught with the emotional reactions learned over the course of a...