Sec+11+Group+2+Movers+Shakers

Mover Name:** Randi Weingarten She proposed the principal-accountability plan, railed against private-school tax credits, she put up a plan for longer school days and more tutoring in exchange for better pay for teachers, and is skilled in convincing people to listen and agree with all of her beliefs. The Principal-Accountability Plan President of the United Federation of Teachers She is a mover becasue she is moving the educational agenda by proposing longer school days and increased tutering to help the students, she also helped with the private high school tax rates, which helps give all students an equal educational oppertunity. [|**http://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16924/**]
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 * Shaker Name**: James Loewen


 * Basic Work**: A historian and a professor. Since 1997, he has been a Visiting Professor of Sociology at The Catholic University of America.


 * Key Work**: Loewen spent two years at the Smithsonian Institution studying and comparing twelve American history textbooks widely used throughout the United States. His findings were published in Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong. This book focuses not only on alleged errors or deliberate omissions in history textbooks but also on the lack of controversy that, he claims, would make learning history exciting.


 * Key Personnel**: Ken Aims, John Franklin, David Kelley, Juan Mauro, Ellen Reeves, John Salter, Linda Tucker, Herman Viola


 * Why/How a shaker**? James W. Loewen is an acclaimed historian and best-selling author whose mission is to overturn myths and misinformation that too often pass for U.S. history. A highly sought-after speaker and author, he engages audiences with a range of topics encompassing U.S. history, multicultural education, civil rights, race relations, voting rights, law and social science. His retelling of U.S. history, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your High School History Textbook Got Wrong (1995) was the result of two years research, comparing twelve U.S. history textbooks widely used throughout the country. Lies My Teacher Told Me is, a telling critique of existing books and a retelling of U.S history as it should - and could - be taught to students. The book has sold some one million copies and was the winner of the 1996 American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. Loewen’s other books include Mississippi: Conflict and Change (1974, co- authored), which won the Lillian Smith Award for Best Southern Nonfiction but was rejected for public school text use by the State of Mississippi, leading to the path-breaking First Amendment lawsuit, Loewen et al. v. Turnipseed, et al. The American Library Association considers this historic First Amendment Case as one of the foundations of our “right to read freely.”


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 * Trend Name**: Full Inclusion & Mainstreaming


 * Basic Summary of Trend**: Mainstreaming-selective placement of special education students in one or more "regular" classes; Full Inclusion- placing special education students in "regular" classes all of the time. Instead of bringing the child somewhere for their special services/needs, everything will be brought to the child.


 * Key Manifestations**: Though not required, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act strongly suggests that students be placed in "regular" classrooms when appropriate. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 states that one is required to place the child in as many "regular" classrooms as possible unless it is otherwise demonstrated that this would not benefit the particular individual.


 * Key Personnel**: Various court cases: Oberti vs. Board of Education of the Borough of Clementon School District; Poolaw vs. Parker Unified School District; School District of Wisconsin Dells v. Z. S.; Sacramento City Unified School District vs. Holland; Greer vs. Rome City School District; Robert Stafford, a Republican senator from Vermont and key contributor to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.


 * Why/How a trend?** Inclusion & mainstreaming are becoming increasingly popular; studies show that there are positive benefits including a growth in social cognition among other things. Mainstreaming also benefits children who don't have special needs, as it leads to a greater tolerance towards differences.

[|http://www.weac.org/resource/june96/speced.htm]
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Benchmark Name**: McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1986
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 * Basic Summary of Benchmark:** This act was passed in 1986. It provide the right for homeless children to receive a free and proper education. It also stated that the school district must provide transportation to and from school for these children, It also says that these children and their families can pick what school they would like to attend even though their family may not be residing in that school district. The school must also allow the children to be regierstered even if they do not have the proper paperwork, such as immunization records or a birth certificate.
 * Key Manifestations**: This act proved more than just educational services to people who were homeless. It proved different places for the people to live. This act was also revised several times through out the years.

[|http://www.serve.org/nche/m-v.php]** [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinney-Vento_Homeless_Assistance_Act]
 * Key Personal:** President Ronald Regan passed this law in 1987
 * Why/How a Benchmark?** This act provide education for children who were homeless. This allowed them to get a proper education in a general education classroom. This act may help children who are homeless see that their life does not have to be like their families and with an education they will be able to achieve more in their life.
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