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2012 Wisconsin Transition Conference Handouts

The 2012 Wisconsin Transition Conference was held February 9, 2012. In case you missed it, below are the handouts available currently online. Continue reading

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Promising and Practical Strategies to Increase Postsecondary Success

Notice formally invites feedback on efforts to increase postsecondary success from colleges and universities, states, organizations, researchers, systems, among others. It’s time we share the good things occurring for students with Intellectual Disabilities in college! Continue reading

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Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Tertiary Education and Employment

This book examines the transition of young adults with disabilities from school to tertiary education and work. It analyses the policy experiences of several OECD countries and identifies recent trends in access to education and employment as well as best transition policies and practices. Continue reading

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E-News: National Center on Secondary Education and Transition

National Center on Secondary Education and Transition ENews features resources, activities, products, and funding information from around the country. E-News is dedicated to helping youth, parents, educators, service providers, and administrators stay connected and informed about secondary education and transition issues. Continue reading

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Schools Must Do More to Involve Parents, Students in IEP Process

Parents and students with disabilities aren’t as involved in the process of mapping out their goals with schools as much as they should be, although federal law intends for parents and school staff to work together on these plans, a new study finds.

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Survey for UK students aims to find out what support students find most helpful

UK university students with disabilities asked to complete Disabled Students’ Allowances survey. The survey students aims to find out what support students find most helpful and what factors encourage them or discourage them from using the support recommended for them. Continue reading

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NCES Releases High School Career/Technical Education Participation Web Tables

This set of six tables presents information on the participation of public high school graduates of the class of 2009 in career/technical education (CTE). The tables include the percentage of graduates who earned credits in CTE overall, as well as in various occupational areas within CTE, and the average number of credits earned in CTE and in occupational areas. Three tables focus on graduates in 2009, and three tables look at participation trends from 1990 to 2009. Continue reading

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NCSER releases special topic report on the secondary school programs and performance of students with disabilities

A new report, Secondary School Programs and Performance of Students With Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings From the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2, uses data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 dataset to provide a national picture of what … Continue reading

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Findings from the 2011 National Survey of Student Engagement released

Findings released today show that on average, full-time college students study 15 hours a week. However, study time differed by academic majors, with seniors in engineering averaging about 19 hours per week, while their peers in the social sciences and business averaged five fewer hours per week. Continue reading

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NCES Releases Report on the Characteristics of GED Recipients in High School: 2002–06

A new report from NCES found that GED recipients’ socioeconomic status was lower than that of high school graduates, but higher than the socioeconomic status of high school dropouts. This report uses longitudinal data to compare 10th-graders who four years … Continue reading

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