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Public School Law & Educational Laws and Policies                                                     INTRODUCTION   The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the law that provides your child with the right to a free, appropriate public education (FAPE). The purpose of the IDEA is "to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living..." 20 U.S.C. 1400(d) (Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd Edition, page 20). The Board of Education v. Rowley case is significant because it established the principle that school districts are not required to maximize the potential of a child but provide some educational benefit to the child and how courts would examine future disputes under IDEA (Walsh, Kemerer, and Maniotis, 2005).          United States Supreme Court   BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, v. ... [more..]

Dave Grohl performing “Band on the Run” is just one of the highlights from tonight’s PBS special saluting Paul McCartney. The event, taped in June at the White House, also features performances by McCartney (he sings “Michelle” to honor the first lady), Stevie Wonder, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, Elvis Costello, Faith Hill, Jonas Brothers, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lang Lang and Jack White. Jerry Seinfeld makes remarks. The program airs at 8 p.m. on WMFE-Ch. 24 and repeats at 9:30 p.m. ... [more..]

INTRODUCTION: Nature has created difference among people, among regions and among situations. These differences are known as natural differences and are taken generally as granted. The conditions of these natural differences are also called as constraints. However, man has always made efforts to minimise these constraints to advance on the path of development. On the other hand the differences created by man on account of social, economic, political, religious and cultural aspects are called not as differences but inequalities or disparities. These disparities are called respectively as social, economic, political, religious and cultural disparities. Among all the economic disparities are critical in nature and are the issue of great concern in the modern world. Economic disparities help other disparities be widened. Therefore, if economic disparities are mitigated, other disparities are automatically narrowed. An economic disparity can be defined as a condition in which a person or persons though legally having equal rights is or are but for economic reasons deprived to some extent from available opportunities of fulfilling economic, social, political, cultural and/or religious needs.  The word ‘deprived' though generally reflects not a good sense but economic disparities are not always or to all extents proved as evil. Economic disparities ... [more..]

INTRODUCTION   Education, is a modern word, which is derived from the Latin word 'educase', means to nourish, to cause to grow (Patel: 1991 : viii). Education also prevails in illiterate societies, where it is imparted orally and by mass behavior. A member of primitive society learns to earn his livelihood, to do good works, to obey spiritual beings and also superstitions etc from the elders of the society and bind by its laws and regulations. These are the education for them. We the modern people do mean "education as reading and writing. This is also true. By modern education a person can able to increase his knowledge and expand his vision and avail the fruits or development. Hence modern education can play the role of "Catalyst" in bringing sea changes in the sphere of social, political, economic fields. One of the important reasons for failure of development activities in the society by various developmental agendas is the prevalence of acute illiteracy and ignorance, combined with superstitions among the rural masses. Hence to ward off economic backwardness, social deprivation spreading of education is regarded as one of the most effective and forward-looking instruments (Patel: 1991:26). Another reason of failure of ... [more..]