seeking high schools w/ exemplary results for disabled youth

WEEAPUB (WEEAPUB@edc.org)
Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:49:30 -0400


Beacons Project(FYI)
WendeA@edc.org (WendeA)

>For Immediate News Release:
>
>The Beacons Project
>A Call for Nominations of High Schools Achieving Exemplary Learning Results
>for Youth with Disabilities - Due September 17, 1998
>
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>
>Beacons of Excellence - High School Nominations
>
>Do you know of a school effectively serving youth with disabilities?
>
>Beacons of Excellence is a research project funded by the Office of Special
>Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of the project
>is to increase the understanding of how schools can improve learning results
>for students with disabilities, within the context of efforts to achieve
>exemplary results for all students. Beacons is in the process of selecting a
>few high schools that are achieving exemplary learning results for students
>with disabilities. This selection will be determined by the outcomes schools
>currently achieve or the improvements schools have made. If you know of a high
>school that is engaged in educational reform efforts, meeting goals, and
>achieving good results, please nominate it for the Beacons of Excellence
project.
>
>For more information, see the Beacons website at:
>
> http://www.ici.coled.umn.edu/beacons/
>
>
>Or contact:
>
>Tom Bartholomay, Beacons Project Coordinator
>Institute on Community Integration
>University of Minnesota
>111 Pattee Hall, 150 Pillsbury Drive SE
>Minneapolis, MN 55455
>
>612.624.5776, phone
>612.625.6619, fax
>barth020@tc.umn.edu
>

Forwarded by Susan Carter
edequity-admin@mail.edc.org


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