Project Overview

Data Collection

School Selection

Schools Identified

Research Findings


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Institute on Community Integration

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Research Team

• Teri Wallace, Principal Investigator and Project Director
• Tom Bartholomay, Project Coordinator
• Susan Hupp
• Jongho Shin
• Gonzaga daGama
• Bob Kambeitz
• Chris Mason, The Council for Exceptional Children

National Advisory Panel

• American Federation of Teachers
• Academy for Educational Development
• State Education Agencies
• New American Schools
• Center for Collaborative Education
• National Institute for Urban School Improvement
• Council of Administrators in Special Education
• Council of Chief State School Officers
• National Alliance of Business
• PACER Center
• CEC Division of Career Development and Transition
• National Assoc of Secondary Principals
• Local Education Agency
• Center for Education and Work
• Interwork Institute
• CEC Division of Cultural and Ethnic Diversity
• National Center for Educational Outcomes
• National Education Association

Staff Members

Teri Wallace, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Project Director
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
111A Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.626.7220, phone
612.624.9344, fax
walla001@umn.edu
 

Susan Hupp, Ph.D.  
Co-Principal Investigator
Educational Psychology
University of Minnesota
204 Burton Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.624.1003, phone
612.624.7496, fax
shupp@vx.cis.umn.edu
 

Tom Bartholomay, M.A.  
Project Coordinator
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
111 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.624.5776, phone
612.624.9344, fax
barth020@tc.umn.edu
 

Gonzaga da Gama, M.A.  
Graduate Research Assistant
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
111 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.626.7337, phone
612.624.9344, fax
daga0002@tc.umn.edu

Robin Spanier  
Project Assistant
Institute on Community Integration
University of Minnesota
111 Pattee Hall
150 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612.625.8839, phone
612.624.9344, fax
spani002@tc.umn.edu

The Council for Exceptional Children

Christine Mason, Ph.D. 
Co-Principal Investigator and Project Director
The Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1589
703.264.9431, phone
703.624,1637, fax
chrism@cec.sped.org
 

Jason Bacchus  
Project Coordinator
The Council for Exceptional Children
1920 Association Drive
Reston, VA 20191-1589
703.264.3502, phone
703.624.1637, fax

The Beacons of Excellence research projects are intended to increase our understanding of how schools can improve learning results for students with disabilities. Our project was funded to identify and study secondary schools achieving exemplary learning results for students with disabilities in the context of efforts to achieve exemplary results for all students.