SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT SITESCopyright 1996-1999 by Youth Change TM
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
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http://education.findlaw.com/special-education-and-disabilities/504-accommodations-in-schools.html
According to this website, "504 accommodations" refer to simple,
inexpensive changes a school must take to allow students with
disabilities the change fo succeed in a classroom setting. It then
continues with what constitutes a "disability" and what are "reasonable
accommodatins". Check it out.
GIFTED
EDUCATION - http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/
NEAG Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development site.
HOAGIES
GIFTED EDUCATION
PAGE - http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/
This searchable site is devoted strictly to gifted education and is
divided up for parents, teachers and kids. Topics covered include
Internet
investigations, counseling the gifted, curriculum, grouping and gifted
children in the middle school setting.
INDOOR AIR QUALITY TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/tools4s2.html
The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Kit (Kit) shows schools
how to carry out a practical plan of action to improve indoor air
problems
at little or no cost using straightforward activities and in-house
staff.
Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools is co-sponsored by the National
PTA,
National Education Association, Council for American Private Education,
Association of School Business Officials, American Federation of
Teachers,
and the American Lung Association.
MIDDLE WEB - http://www.middleweb.com/
A site dedicated to exploring and discussing reform and progressive
education in Middle School. Lots of parent and teacher resources.
YOUTH CHANGE - http://www.youthchg.com/
Free materials to professionals working with troubled children - all
you need to do is supply your school snail mail address - practical and
easy to implement immediately. All the best answers for at risk,
troubled, ADD, and truant youth.
Last Updated October, 2022