Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX) is a very helpful website for teachers. Since my major is Early Childhood/Special Ed, I researched ALEX's Special Education Services initiatives. "Special Education Services (SES) provides technical assistance to all education agencies serving Alabama’s children with disabilities as well as gifted children." The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) require models for general education requirements to be available to individuals with disabilities. The Alabama Curriculum Guides are very useful because they allow students with disabilities to learn content in smaller increments. This is an important aspect because special needs children learn in different ways than regular education students.
ACCESS is Alabama Connecting Classroom, Educators and Students Statewide. It provides opportunities for students to participate in courses such as Advanced Placement and other electives. ACCESS is important to student achievement because it offers students opportunities they otherwise might not have. According to the ACCESS website, there are no Mobile County schools listed at this time.
