Month: March 2021
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Group sues Austin ISD over student disability evaluations
This article was published on KVUE by Drew Knight on March 29, 2021. AUSTIN, Texas — Disability Rights Texas (DRTx) and Susman Godfrey LLP on Monday announced that they are filing a lawsuit against Austin ISD, claiming that the district is failing thousands of students with disabilities. The lawsuit claims that AISD has refused to…
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New Strongsville High Shop Will Help Train Special Ed Students
This article was published on Patch by Chris Mosby on March 26, 2021. STRONGSVILLE, OH — The Derby, a new spirit shop at Strongsville High School, officially opened this week. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday to unveil the retail store. The space was created with input from the Strongsville High special education, business and…
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OPRF pulls back special ed redo
This article was published on the Wednesday Journal by F. Amanda Tugade on March 23, 2021. The Special Education Department at Oak Park and River Forest High School has postponed a series of planned staffing changes after the proposals prompted intense pushback from parents concerned that the adjustments might upend their children’s education. Earlier this…
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At these Indianapolis schools, nurses help catch academic problems
This article was published on Chalkbeat Indiana by Dylan Peers McCoy on March 19, 2021. Each month, a small team at St. Monica Catholic School gathers to compare notes on the school’s 390 students. The staff members talk not only about which students are struggling in class but also about which are visiting the nurse…
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California’s special-needs children still seek help after year adrift
This article was published on Cal Matters by Ricardo Cano and Elizabeth Aguilera on March 22, 2021. One year after schools shuttered, the fears of many parents of California’s special-needs students have been realized. Many of those students — whose disabilities can range from autism to deafness, and most of whom have gone more than…
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Woodland’s PASS program helped transform a struggling freshman to 2021 early graduate
This article was published on The Reflector on March 22, 2021. Recent graduate Tristan Shindell graduated a semester early thanks to the Positive Academic Support System (PASS) at Woodland Public Schools. The program, which started in 2017, connects struggling first-year high school students with staff mentors who guide them through a successful academic career and…
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Disability community at odds on bill requiring cameras in special education classrooms
This article was published on WMAR Baltimore by Mallory Sofastaii on March 18, 2021. BALTIMORE — Parents and legislators are trying for a second time to get cameras in self-contained special education classrooms. The bill stalled in the General Assembly last year and is facing similar push back this year. The legislation aims to install…
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Cover letter written by 20-year-old with autism reaches millions on LinkedIn
This article was published on ABC News by Nicole Pelletiere on March 17, 2021. A Virginia man has shared his cover letter on LinkedIn in hopes that someone will “take a chance” and offer him a job. Ryan Lowry of Leesburg posted the letter just before his 20th birthday, writing to his “future employer” that…
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A student with special education needs is denied services by the Whitefish Bay School District. Administration says it has no choice.
This article was published on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by Alec Johnson on March 16, 2021. A mom is accusing the Whitefish Bay School District of discriminating against racial minorities because it has denied her daughter special education services. But the school district says in cases like this, its hands can be tied under its Chapter…
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With Vote, NY Regents Try To Ease Backlog Of Special Education Complaints. Advocates Say It’s Just A Start.
This article was published on Patch by Reema Amin on March 15, 2021. State officials approved changes Monday meant to ease the backlog of special education-related complaints in New York City. The Board of Regents-authorized changes — more than a year in the making — will widen the pool of so-called impartial hearing officers, who oversee these…