Words of Inspiration and Motivation

Stability and Change in Parents' Expectations about Mainstreaming

 By: Pamela Winton

Families of children in mainstreamed environments have varying expectations associated with these integrated placements. Although previous studies have described some of these expectations in a retrospective fashion, no study has assessed expectations prior to the initiation of mainstreaming or documented the extent to which such expectations change during the course of a mainstreaming experience. This article describes the expectations of families of both handicapped and nonhandicapped children prior to the introduction of handicapped children into a day care center that had previously served only nonhandicapped youngsters.

 By: William J. Clinton

A report was made by president Clinton stating: the field of education is touched upon in the report at six locations: (1) "Relative Earnings by Education for 25-34 Year Olds" (Chart 2-9, p. 18); (2) Chapter 1 Compensatory Education (p.31); (3) Pell Grants (p. 32); (4) "Lifelong Learning," covering full funding of Head Start and related child care funding and Medicaid, National Service, Dislocated Workers Program, Job Corps Expansion, Summer Youth Employment and Training Program, Youth Apprenticeship, and various Department of Education reforms and initiatives (p. 57-59); (5) Impact Aid "b" Projects (p. 87); and (6) Reform of Student Loan Programs (p. 92). (WTB)

In week 2 resources Louise Derman stated that she found that young children were not succeeding, not because they couldn’t but because they lacked the tools needed to know how to strive in the public school setting. So she began working in early head start to make a difference. I found this quite intriguing because that is where I started in my career and I shared my rewarding experiences in the public school

Sandy Escobido: Her passion stemmed from personal experience. I choose her passion because it was similar to mine as well. My education was very important to me. It was important to my family that I received the best and now that I am in the field of education it is my responsibility to reproduce.