Special Education

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Unpacking the Placement of American Indian and Alaska Native Students in Special Education Programs and Services in the Early Grades: School Readiness as a Predictive Variable

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jacob Hibel
Susan C. Faircloth
George Farkas
Harvard Educational Review, vol. 78, no. 3, Fall, 2008, pp. 498-528
Description
Study found that once adjustments were made for other contextual factors, the rate of placement was comparable to other students and the greatest predictor of academic success was educational readiness, not ethnic background.
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Urban Aboriginal Students and ESL

Alternate Title
[McDowell Foundation Research Project] ; no.13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John P.S. Taras
Description
Identifies resources, practices and instructional methods that would support Aboriginal students in the Intermediate-Advanced English as a Second Language Program (ESL) at Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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Weighted Student Formula

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)
Description
Comments on a funding framework which allocates funding on a per student basis in accordance with characteristics such as special needs.
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You Have to be Carefully Taught: Special Needs and First Nations Education: A Report to the National Indian Education Council, The Assembly of First Nations, and the Chiefs Council on Education

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Roland D. Chrisjohn
Native Psychologist Newsletter, vol. 4, no. 4, November 1999, p. [?]
Description
Document generated to create a basis for discussions both within the organizations and while negotiating with the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. Sources include reports from, and meetings with, Indian Affairs, and First Nations authorities and communities, provincial policies, and professional and academic literature.
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