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Welcome to DR

The CEC Division for Research (CEC-DR) is a division of The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) devoted to the advancement of research related to the education of individuals with disabilities and/or who are gifted. The goals of CEC-DR include the promotion of equal partnership with practitioners in designing, conducting and interpreting research in special education.

President's Message - Winter 2009

DISCERNMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE

Rick Brigham
George Mason University

Why do we educate? A great deal of what should be done in education falls out of the way that we decide that question. My answer for quite a while has been to promote good judgment. I recently heard a group of medical practitioners discussing the same issue, but from a slightly different angle. The question they were examining was rou... [Click here to read the full message]

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DR LAUNCHES TWO PROGRAMS FOR STUDENT SCHOLARS

DR announces new programs for students preparing for or engaged in research related to the needs of students with exceptional needs:  Doctoral Seminars in Special Education Research and a Student Research Award[Continue reading...]

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