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Frequently Used Acronyms in Education

EDUC 201: Politics in Education

Horizontales
A sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Education that is primarily focused on enforcing civil rights laws prohibiting schools from engaging in discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or membership in patriotic youth organizations.
A team that works together to consider supports for students with special needs and to write the IEP.
A 2002 U.S. Act of Congress promoted by the presidency of George W. Bush. It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and included Title I provisions applying to disadvantaged students. It mandated standards-based education reform based on the premise that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals could improve individual outcomes in education.
A condition in the brain that causes difficulties comprehending or processing information and can be caused by several different factors.
A federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records.
Part of the U.S. Department of Education. The entity provides leadership and support for professionals working with children with disabilities. Another critical role of the entity is to protect the educational rights of children with disabilities from age three through twenty-one.
Federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in everyday activities.
The teaching and learning of English by non-native speakers (also ESOL).
A special-purpose entity that operates local public primary or secondary schools or both in various countries.
The program of education that typically developing children should receive, based on state standards and evaluated by the annual state educational standards test.
Verticales
A legal document under United States law that is developed for each public school child in the U.S. who needs special education.
The largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the success of children and youth with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.
A law that ensures students with a disability are provided with a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that is tailored to their individual needs.
A body of officials elected or appointed to oversee a local or statewide school system or systems.
A legal right that ensures every child with a disability has access to an education tailored to their unique needs, at no cost to their family.
A formal organization comprising parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a school.
The practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs.
A group of conditions due to an impairment in physical, learning, language, or behavior areas. These conditions begin during the child's developmental period, may impact day-to-day functioning, and usually last throughout a person's lifetime.
As much as possible, a child should be taught within the same classroom as typical peers.