Deaf/Hard of Hearing
Special Education
Institute Launches Web Clearinghouse for Parents of Deaf Children
About 90 percent of deaf children are born to parents who can hear, so the need is strong for good information, the center says.
Special Education
Georgia State Supe. Smarter Than a Fifth Grader
And now, the Georgia Academy for the Blind, located in Macon, the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in Clarkston, and the Georgia School for the Deaf in Cave Spring get to benefit from Kathy Cox's smarts.
Special Education
New Charter School for the Deaf
Nevada's first school exclusively for deaf and hard-of-hearing students is opening this fall in Las Vegas. The school will offer a bicultural/bilingual environment, with all teachers fluent in American Sign Language.
Special Education
N.Y.C. Gives Nod to Sign Language for Deaf
As a student at New York City's Junior High School 47 in the 1950s, Dorothy Cohler had a teacher who kept a chart showing how often the students, who were deaf, used sign language. Those who signed too often couldn't go on a field trip to Coney Island.
Education
Opinion
'Inclusion' Should Not Include Deaf Students
What is wrong with mandated "full inclusion" for all deaf children, and why must the continuum of alternative placements be maintained?
Education
Deaf Student Allowed To Enter Speech Contest
A deaf high school student from Rhode Island has won the right to participate in a national speech contest sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Education
New Guidelines on Educating the Deaf Issued
WASHINGTON--Responding to concerns that many deaf children are floundering in classes with nondisabled students, the Education Department has issued new guidelines to help educators decide on the best setting for teaching those students.
Education
E.D. Revises Policy Favoring Regular Classes for the Deaf
Following are key statements on education and related issues
contained in the Democratic Party's 1992 platform:
Education
Court Rejects Interpreter for Deaf Church-School Student
A public-school district in Arizona may not provide a sign-language interpreter for a deaf student attending a church-sponsored school, a divided federal appeals court has ruled.
Education
Shortcomings in Schooling for Deaf Students Lamented
WASHINGTON--Little has changed for hearing-impaired schoolchildren in the four years since a federal commission concluded that the education of deaf students was "unacceptably unsatisfactory," witnesses last week told a House panel beginning work on extension of federal deaf-education programs.
Education
Schools Must Provide Interpreters for Deaf Parents, U.S. Judge Rules
A school district must supply a sign-language interpreter for deaf parents who want to attend school conferences on their children's academic progress, a federal judge has ruled.
Education
E.D. Recommends Merging Programs For Deaf-Blind, Severely Handicapped
Federal special-education programs for the nation's 5,400 deaf-blind children should be merged with those serving other severely handicapped children, the Education Department told lawmakers last week.
Education
Findings of the Commission on Education of the Deaf
Following are selected recommendations of the Commission on Education of the Deaf.
Early Identification
Education
Federal Panel Urges Major Overhaul In Programs for the Deaf
A federal commission last week called for major changes in the way that most of the nation's estimated 1.2 million hearing-impaired children are educated.
