Author: Ruth Colker
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 081470848X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Enacted in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides all children with the right to a free and appropriate public education. On the face of it, the IDEA is a shining example of law’s democratizing impulse. But is that really the case? In Disabled Education, Ruth Colker digs deep beneath the IDEA’s surface and reveals that the IDEA contains flaws that were evident at the time of its enactment that limit its effectiveness for poor and minority children. Both an expert in disability law and the mother of a child with a hearing impairment, Colker learned first-hand of the Act’s limitations when she embarked on a legal battle to persuade her son’s school to accommodate his impairment. Colker was able to devote the considerable resources of a middle-class lawyer to her struggle and ultimately won, but she knew that the IDEA would not have benefitted her son without her time-consuming and costly legal intervention. Her experience led her to investigate other cases, which confirmed her suspicions that the IDEA best serves those with the resources to advocate strongly for their children. The IDEA also works only as well as the rest of the system does: struggling schools that serve primarily poor students of color rarely have the funds to provide appropriate special education and related services to their students with disabilities. Through a close examination of the historical evolution of the IDEA, the actual experiences of children who fought for their education in court, and social science literature on the meaning of “learning disability,” Colker reveals the IDEA’s shortcomings, but also suggests ways in which resources might be allocated more evenly along class lines.
Disabled Education
Author: Ruth Colker
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 081470848X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Enacted in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides all children with the right to a free and appropriate public education. On the face of it, the IDEA is a shining example of law’s democratizing impulse. But is that really the case? In Disabled Education, Ruth Colker digs deep beneath the IDEA’s surface and reveals that the IDEA contains flaws that were evident at the time of its enactment that limit its effectiveness for poor and minority children. Both an expert in disability law and the mother of a child with a hearing impairment, Colker learned first-hand of the Act’s limitations when she embarked on a legal battle to persuade her son’s school to accommodate his impairment. Colker was able to devote the considerable resources of a middle-class lawyer to her struggle and ultimately won, but she knew that the IDEA would not have benefitted her son without her time-consuming and costly legal intervention. Her experience led her to investigate other cases, which confirmed her suspicions that the IDEA best serves those with the resources to advocate strongly for their children. The IDEA also works only as well as the rest of the system does: struggling schools that serve primarily poor students of color rarely have the funds to provide appropriate special education and related services to their students with disabilities. Through a close examination of the historical evolution of the IDEA, the actual experiences of children who fought for their education in court, and social science literature on the meaning of “learning disability,” Colker reveals the IDEA’s shortcomings, but also suggests ways in which resources might be allocated more evenly along class lines.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 081470848X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Enacted in 1975, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act – now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) provides all children with the right to a free and appropriate public education. On the face of it, the IDEA is a shining example of law’s democratizing impulse. But is that really the case? In Disabled Education, Ruth Colker digs deep beneath the IDEA’s surface and reveals that the IDEA contains flaws that were evident at the time of its enactment that limit its effectiveness for poor and minority children. Both an expert in disability law and the mother of a child with a hearing impairment, Colker learned first-hand of the Act’s limitations when she embarked on a legal battle to persuade her son’s school to accommodate his impairment. Colker was able to devote the considerable resources of a middle-class lawyer to her struggle and ultimately won, but she knew that the IDEA would not have benefitted her son without her time-consuming and costly legal intervention. Her experience led her to investigate other cases, which confirmed her suspicions that the IDEA best serves those with the resources to advocate strongly for their children. The IDEA also works only as well as the rest of the system does: struggling schools that serve primarily poor students of color rarely have the funds to provide appropriate special education and related services to their students with disabilities. Through a close examination of the historical evolution of the IDEA, the actual experiences of children who fought for their education in court, and social science literature on the meaning of “learning disability,” Colker reveals the IDEA’s shortcomings, but also suggests ways in which resources might be allocated more evenly along class lines.
The Education of Handicapped Children
Author: John Edward Wallace Wallin
Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Oversight of Public Law 94-142--the Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education
Publisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Contributions of Title III to the Education of Handicapped Children
Author: James J. Gallaher
Publisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Education of Handicapped Children
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Health
Publisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Considers. S. 1400, to extend and expand title III of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963. S. 1650, to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Publisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Considers. S. 1400, to extend and expand title III of the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act of 1963. S. 1650, to provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Free Appropriate Public Education
Author: H. Rutherford Turnbull (III)
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Children with Learning Disabilities Act of 1969
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. General Subcommittee on Education
Publisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of All Handicapped Children"
Author:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Education for All Handicapped Children Act, 1977
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Human Resources. Subcommittee on the Handicapped
Publisher:
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Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children with disabilities
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Free Appropriate Public Education
Author: H. Rutherford Turnbull
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description