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History Of Co-Teaching

  • Progressive Education

    Progressive Education
    Co-teaching emerges in the 1960's during Progressive Education movement.
  • Legislation

    Legislation
    Legislation helped the advancement of co-teaching. Educators sought to modify instruction for a diverse student population.
  • Effectiveness Studies

    Effectiveness Studies
    Studies conducted show benefits of school based collaborative studies. This included improved academic and social skills of low-achieving students, improved attitudes and self-concepts reported by students with disabilities and more positive peer relationships.
  • No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind
  • IDEA 2004

    IDEA 2004
    Like NCLB, these legal mandates focus their attention on students with increasingly diverse learning characteristics acheiving high academic performance in general education.