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Special Education Law – Overview
Many of us, who went to school not that long ago, remember that being a special needs student meant riding to school in a separate bus and attending one class with other children of varying disabilities. These classes resembled more of a day care than school, and even the most advanced students had little hope of receiving a high school diploma, let alone attend college. Since that time, the term disability, and special needs student, has expanded to encompass much more than a person with an IQ below a certain arbitrary standard. What I have attempted to do in my first article is to give a little history of the evolution of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
In 1954 the United States Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) which found that segregated schools were a violation of equal protection rights. It would be another twenty years before this concept was applied to children with handicaps, especially learning disabilities, trying to receive an education. In fact, shortly after Brown was decided the Illinois Supreme Court found that compulsory education did not apply to mentally impaired students, and as late as 1969, it was a crime to try to enroll a handicapped child in a public school if that child had ever been excluded.
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Test Taking Tips for College Applicants
College entrance exams are certainly one of the more stressful tests a high school student will face in their young academic career. With a little knowledge and preparation, you can help your son or daughter get the best ACT or SAT score possible.
There are a variety of SAT and ACT preparatory classes available to college applicants. They range in price from affordable to exorbitant. One thing a parent must remember is that prep classes are only refresher courses. They aren’t going to magically transform your slacker son into a Harvard-bound genius.
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