... where the re-wiring for internet access may seem difficult due to the absence of basic resources. It is highly unlikely that most of these students have internet access at home. Citing a 1999 report of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Gorski (2001) reports that "African American and Latino households are only about one-third as likely to have access to ... the Internet from home as Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander households. The same group is only two-fifths as likely to have access as White households" (pp. 14-15). This situation is reflective...

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... activities in classrooms and associated assessment strategies. She states that in the educational world of authentic assessment, performance-based education, and graduation by exhibition, Gardner's MI theory seems right at home. She discusses that educators can no longer measure intelligence solely through rote memorization or even application, but rather that they must consider a fresher definition of intelligence as the ability to ... ...

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... for inclusion is being heard today. This cry is being raised by people with disabilities. In the past, it was quite common for children with disabilities to be institutionalized or home schooled (Kavale, 279). Then, in the early twentieth century, many compulsory attendance laws were passed that enabled some of the children with disabilities to attend public schools. However, in 1919 ... ...

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... inclusion is being heard today. This new cry is being raised by people with disabilities. In the past, it was quite common for children with disabilities to be institutionalized or home schooled (Kavale, 279). Then, in the early twentieth century, many compulsory attendance laws were passed that enabled some of the children with disabilities to attend public schools. However, in 1919 ... ...

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