Excellence for All children

Department of Education and Science. (1978). Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the Education of Handicapped Children and Young People (The Wamock Report). London HMSO Department for Education and Science. (1997). Excellence for all children. Retrieved January 10,2000, from http //www.teachemet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/publications/excellencegp/download/ Department for Education and Science. (2003). Report of the special schools committee working group. London DfES... 

DfEE (1992) Choice and Diversity A New Framework for Schools. London HMSO. DfEE (1997) Excellence For All Children Meeting Special Educational Needs. London HMSO. 

A fundamental question arising from the apparent tension between equity and excellence is how can a school become equitable for diverse groups of learners (that is, inclusive because they accommodate difference) as well as be excellent for all (that is, demonstrate achievement gains for all children and young people) Our earlier research on inclusive practice in secondary schools (Florian and Rouse, 2001) has led to a conceptualisation of inclusive schools as those that meet the dual criteria of enrolling a diverse student population and of constantly... 

Nostradamus may risk bmshing off a patrician s questions, but I do not have an international reputation to protect me. The way he has explained it to me, Excellency, is that there are many possible futures. The Lord gives all His children free will. There is a future where you decide to go to early Mass on Sunday, and a future where you go later, yes There may be others, but only one of them will come to pass. The ideal situation would be that whoever has taken your sister has firm plans to remain in one place for a while, or be in some place at a certain time—a rendezvous, say. You see Then one future is much more likely than the others and my master can foresee it and advise on appropriate action. If anything interferes to upset their plans, then the image blurs and disappears, like a canal reflection when a gondola goes by. Does that make sense ... 

The suggestions above merely scratch the surface of the many resources available to help with the socialization of your child—no matter what their educational situation. Volunteering at a local charity, visiting the park, and simply living in a neighborhood with other children all provide excellent occasions for interaction with others. 

Of all the short-term assays, the Ames Salmonella test is clearly the best validated and most widely used and will continue to be so for a number of years to come. The assay has an excellent record for identifying organic carcinogens, particularly carcinogens which are in the aromatic amine and polycyclic hydrocarbon classes. " In addition, positive results in the Ames assay and several other short-term mutagenesis assays, have been predictive of carcinogenic activity in rodent assays for a number of compounds with widespread human exposure. Examples of these include the food preservative furylfuramide AF-2 which was used extensively in Japan from 1965 to about 1977 the flame-retardant tris-B-P (tris[2,3-dibromopropyl]phosphate) which was used to treat children s sleepwear from 1972 to 1977 and aromatic amine components of hair dye preparations. 

Holter s successful development of a silicone elastomer hydrocephalus shunt (4) (Figures 1-2) in 1955 heralded the era of implants. No effective treatment for hydrocephalus was known at the time. Thus, by 1957, only two years after the shunt was first used, and continuing today, essentially every hydrocephalic child born in the developed countries of the world has received a silicone elastomer hydrocephalus shunt implant. Hydrocephalus occurs in approximately one out of every 400 to 600 children born alive. The hydrocephalus shunt is one of the oldest, and also one of the most widely used of all silicone elastomer implants. Some individuals have now had shunt implants for more than 25 years. The excellent biocompatibility of implant grades of silicone elastomer is evidenced by the essential absence of adverse biological response in this long term, large volume use. 

The pallet of materials for children s toys is as varied as the spectrum of products. In addition to metals and wood, plastics have proven to be excellent materials for many different articles for children and babies. Important properties such as good ergonomics, attractive design, high level of functionality, low risk of injury, and low weight are all satisfied by plastics along with the reasonable raw material and production costs for these materials (Fig. 4). 

There is ongoing debate within the school about what can be achieved. Provision for students with hearing impairments is considered excellent but staff say there is still a long way to go. Staff debate the merits of including children who have been identified as having other forms of special educational needs, particularly those with severe learning difficulties. Some argue tiiat inclusion means the school should be able to accommodate all who attend tiie feeder schools even if it is not additionally resourced to make this provision. They feel that success stories help teachers to come around to a more positive view. 

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