The Civil Right Movement brought about legislation in preventing prejudice towards people with disabilities allowing them the right to an education. Legislation made sure parents are well-informed of their rights concerning their child’s education and special instructions designed to meet their needs. The social implications of litigation on the lives of students with disabilities is giving students equality in education where teachers develop modification and accommodations to meet student’s academic and social goals. I would say thinking has changed dramatically regarding the understanding of students with disabilities. For, many people did not understand or had the true knowledge of disabilities and how to help students with disabilities.
Strength in Learning Strategies and Information Processing Development Kimberly Coggins Grand Canyon University: SPE-557 June 26, 2013 The struggle with the inability to process and retain knowledge starts a journey of Learning Disabilities (LD) for students as early as kindergarten. This journey make a student take two-steps back before taking one step forward. Students with LD present deficits in one area of learning causing then to fall two-grade level behind their regular peers in school. Their ability to communicate and extend knowledge for growth is impacted by these deficiencies. It is critical for parents and teachers to identify these deficiencies early since the ability to process and retain information can be strengthen with learning strategies and information-processing development.
This article addressed the concerns regarding retention rate in the early grades, specifically kindergarten and first grade. The article described that there are two reasons for early-grade retention. In kindergarten, it is usually the result of behavior, children who are thought to not mature enough for first grade. However, what is typically considered the main reason for retaining a student is due to performance in reading and mathematics. The authors acknowledge that there are negative consequences to preventing a student from promoting, some examples include an immediate loss in cognitive growth (Hong & Yu, 2007) and may cause damage to the child’s self-esteem.
() Child Study Teams are important to the education process because they help determine if a student is struggling due to an issue outside of a learning or behavioral deficit or if a least restrictive modification can be incorporated into the child’s education plan. CST’s help to establish If a child needs modification to regular education instruction or if another solution is viable before the student is referred to special education services. If a student can be heoped in RTI Tier 1 or 2, he/she can avoid further assessment. According to Pierangelo and Giuliani, before a formal assessment for placement in special education occurs, the student’s teacher meets with the pre-referral team to discuss the nature of the problem and what possible modifications to instruction or the classroom might be made. () The pre-referral team may consist of regular class teacher, Principal, psychologist, special education teacher, nurse, social worker speech therapist or guidance counselor.
As parents may be new to the UK or not speak English they may not understand the educational system and the application process. If parents do not understand the system fully they may miss out on getting their children into the better schools that can offer the child more opportunities. Bernstein’s idea of language codes can also explain why some EMG are doing worse. Many Afro-Caribbean, Pakistani and
This writing is intended for parents. There are many reasons why a child may not be experiencing success in school. Often times students may be viewed as not succeeding because of their behavior, lack of effort, not attending classes. Although these could very well be legitimate reasons there may be another cause. In all actuality they may have a learning disability that has not been detected.
Why Schools Are Failing Our Children January 23, 2011 There are many problems plaguing our schools and which affect the quality of education that our children receive in our pursuit to give them the quality of education that we want them to receive. It has become an issue that has compounded itself over the years and with each solution to a problem seems to bring more problems. The main problems that face our schools today are funding, curriculum, staffing, state mandates, and federal mandates. These problems must be addressed fully to allow children to have a proper curriculum that engages the brain in thinking and problem solving to give our future a chance to be more successful than the generations before. The issue with financing schools is not a new problem.
Alternative to Retention Student Name Institutional Affiliation Date Grade retention refers to an educational decision that requires a student who has failed a high-stake test to repeat an academic year in school. Reports have demonstrated that a greater number of student are still being required to repeat despite the introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This intervention method aims at helping students who struggle to succeed academically. Grade retention has been attributed to the improvement of students during the year the students are retained although this declines with time after they have proceeded to the other grades. However, despite of significantly improving the students’ performance, this intervention method has been reported to cause more harm than good.
Also, how it should be banned, there are, believe it or not, some positives to all of the negatives. One, it is good for kids who are behind or need extra help. For example, a student does not understand the material and is academically struggling. This student should be given homework to help the material to gradually become easier and raise the students grades. Greg Toppo agrees with these statements on the positivity of homework for struggling students.
On one side, people can improve their English Language, get a diploma, change professions, or improve careers. On the other hand, discipline, especially, in the public schools of the U.S. is a problem, and should be improved because poor discipline cannot prepare students to continue their education. Body Discipline in the public schools must take priority in the U.S. First of all, the students need to be prepared to their future lives, and good discipline in the public schools can help them to do it more easily. For example, if students will take responsibility to do their homework. Come to class on time, or follow the teachers’ instructions they are prepared to continue their education in college.