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Articles	Inclusive Education: An Online Forum Last month, Education World reported on a new booklet about inclusive schooling from the National Institute for Urban School Improvement. Today, we bring you news of an online forum designed to provide teachers, parents, and advocates with the opportunity to virtually meet the author of that booklet and share questions, ideas, and experiences regarding inclusive educational practices. What Does An 'Inclusive' School Look Like? Improving Education: The Promise of Inclusive Schooling, a new booklet from the National Institute for Urban School Improvement, offers educators a close-up view of inclusive education. The free booklet includes a questionnaire to help educators evaluate and improve their schools. Inclusion: Has It Gone Too Far? Inclusion of all children with disabilities in regular classrooms seems to be the law of the land. But is it the right thing for all kids? And how are teachers handling it? Language, Literacy and Children with Special Needs: Enabling Teachers to Enable Children A new book goes a long way toward helping teachers develop strategies that work with special needs children in the regular classroom.

Reviews	National Institute for Urban School Improvement The National Institute for Urban School Improvement is dedicated to supporting urban educational communities that are implementing mainstream inclusion programs for disabled students. The site includes an excellent library of resources, a discussion forum, events calendar, and newsletter. (Grades: K-12)

Database	Administration Resources : Education Issues: Inclusion

Related Links	Inclusion An Online tutorial from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. A Curriculum Every Student Can Use: Design Principles For Student Access An ERIC project. Consortium on Inclusive Schooling Practices This site describes its activities and provides links to other information about inclusion. Utah's Project for Inclusion: Promoting Quality Inclusive Education for All The site provides information about Utah's Project for Inclusion as well as an extensive listing of inclusion-related links. Circle of Inclusion Here you'll find demonstrations of and information about the effective practices of inclusive educational programs for children from birth through age eight. Family Village Inclusion Resources An exceptional variety of inclusion resources. Kids Together, Inc A nonprofit organization designed to promote inclusive communities where all people belong. PEAK Parent Center This group works to ensure that individuals with disabilities, young and old, are able to participate as fully as possible n their schools and communities. Sherman Consulting, Inc. This site is dedicated to providing information that assists school districts, educators, parents, and students in making inclusion work.