College administrators and teacher edu cation faculties currently are confronted with the task of determining how best to respond to the demand for more rigor ous academic standards, while at the same time attempting to modify pro gram requirements to provide an equal opportunity for the learning disabled and other handicapped students. The purpose of this paper is to identify the characteristics of the learning disabled, to examine the underlying legal issues presently affecting teacher education, and to propose equitable guidelines and procedures for ensuring quality preser vice training for the learning disabled.
The purpose of this study was to determine if significantly different opinions existed between parents of regular education students and parents of special education students concerning (a) school involvement, (b) quality of instruction, and (c) equality of educational opportunity. Data were gathered from a telephone survey of 1,702 randomly selected parents. Results showed a comparable pattern of responses between parents of handicapped and nonhandicapped students. Apparently, whether a child was enrolled in regular or special education had only a negligible effect on either parent involvement or satisfaction with the schools.
The precise meaning of the legal term free appropriate public education has become the subject of increasing litigation throughout the United States. An analysis of the Supreme Court decisions in Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education v. Rowley (1982) and Irving Independent School District v. Tatro (1984) reveals that the obligation of the schools to provide free appropriate public education does not require that special education services be sufficient to maximize the potential of a handicapped child. Rather, the law requires only that a basic floor of opportunity be provided which consists of access to specialized instruction and related services which are individually designed to provide educational benefit. Subsequent rulings of the Supreme Court uniformly have adhered to the legal precedents established in these two landmark judicial decisions.
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