Overrepresentation In Special Education Essay
Overrepresentation In Special Education Essay
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I am writing you, the representatives of Mississippi Department of Education, to discuss the overrepresentation and disproportion of the African-American students, particularly African-American boys, placed in special education services. Numerous professional literatures as well as the United States Department of Education have recognized the disproportion of African-American students placed in special education as a nationwide problem.
I am sure that you have heard of the nationwide problem with overrepresentation and how it occurs, nevertheless, I would like to reintegrate. Overrepresentation occurs when the percentage of students with particular qualities, such as gender, race, ethnicity, language background, socioeconomic status etc., is higher than their proportion in the general population. Over six decades, the overrepresentation of African American students in sp
On March 4, the Maryland State Board of Education announced that all standardized testing will be postponed until the fall. The United States Department of Education has maintained that states must administer annual standardized tests this year, but has extended the deadline for when tests must be taken. The board agrees that the value of […]
Monroe County Schools prepares students for Milestones test in spring
State Superintendent, Richard Woods, says the United States Department of Education will not waive testing requirements for 2021. Author: Taelore Hicks (WMAZ) Updated: 7:46 PM EST March 3, 2021
MONROE COUNTY, Ga. The state superintendent says the United States Department of Education will not waive testing requirements for 2021, meaning students will have to take the Georgia Milestones assessment this spring.
Last spring, the State Department of Education decided students were not required to take the assessment.
The annual test intends to show how well Georgia students are learning core subjects.
The Monroe County school district sent a newsletter Tuesday evening, stating that they ll administer the Georgia Milestones tests this spring.
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For Cardona, âItâs just a natural progression,â says former Meriden superintendent
For Cardona, âItâs just a natural progression,â says former Meriden superintendent
Miguel Cardona, then a first-time teacher, is seen in his classroom at Israel Putnam in 1998. File photo, Record-Journal
March 02, 2021 08:29PM By Michael Gagne, Record-Journal staff
MERIDEN â It was nearly 17 years ago when Miguel Cardona, then an assistant principal at Hanover School, assumed the role of principal at the school.Â
That was in the fall of 2003. Cardona had been an assistant principal at Hanover under the schoolâs former principal Mary Noonan Cortright, who at the time had been promoted to superintendent of schools in Meriden.Â