Category: Special Education Process and Policy
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Trump’s Push to Abolish the Education Department Reaches Student Loan Portfolio
This article was written by Lexi Lonas Cochran and published by The Hill on March 20th, 2026. One year after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the shuttering of the Education Department, the agency has taken its biggest step yet toward self-elimination. On Thursday, the department announced it would seek to move its $1.7…
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Experts Offer Ideas to Ensure AI Is Disability-Inclusive
This article was written and Published by Julia Edinger— April 9th, 2025 A report from the Center for Democracy and Technology provides suggestions for government in building an inclusive artificial intelligence ecosystem, to help ensure its tools serve people equitably. As the artificial intelligence ecosystem advances, there are steps government agencies can take to ensure it is disability-inclusive.…
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Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver
This article was written and Published by eSchool Media Contributors — April 7th, 2025 Teachers who use AI frequently say they believe the technology will have a positive impact on students’ learning Key points: Many teachers say they have yet to receive any AI training or substantial guidance from their school 6 recommendations for AI…
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Designing Inclusive Technologies: How Accessible Innovations Can Transform the Lives of People with Disabilities
This article was written and Published by Automate.org — November 23rd, 2024 As people move through their routines in the ever-increasingly digital environment, it has become more imperative to make technology accessible. There are more than a billion people or about 15% of the world’s population with one sort of disability or the other, hence…
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Bronx elementary school to pilot program for students with emotional disabilities
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Pooja Salhotra on August 31, 2021. A South Bronx elementary school is launching a first-of-its-kind program in New York City to integrate students with emotional disabilities with their general education peers. The pilot, called “Path,” will prioritize social-emotional learning for a single kindergarten classroom at P.S.…
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Judge allows Kanawha students with disabilities case to become a class-action lawsuit
This article was published on The Charleston Gazette-Mail by Ryan Quinn on August 25, 2021. A federal judge has opened the door to allowing an ongoing lawsuit to dramatically change the way Kanawha County public schools must support children with disabilities and behavioral issues. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger ruled Tuesday that what was a 2020 lawsuit filed by…
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O’Neill & Rhim: Stuck in the Virtual Basement? Schools Must Not Use COVID Safety Rules as a Reason to Exclude Special-Needs Kids
This article was published on The 74 Million by Paul O’Neill and Lauren Morando Rhim on August 16, 2021. After more than a year of largely remote learning, many schools are, despite some lingering virtual offerings, returning to primarily in-person instruction for nearly all students. That is raising some very serious questions that we have…
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Denver planned to stop separating students with emotional disabilities. Now, the district has changed course.
This article was published on Chalkbeat Colorado by Melanie Asmar on August 18, 2021. Denver Public Schools had planned to abolish its system of separate classrooms for students with emotional disabilities, describing them recently as “one of our most glaring examples of institutionalized racism.” Black male students are four and a half times as likely…
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NYC to increase special education services for Bronx students following settlement
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Pooja Salhotra on August 4, 2021. A federal district judge has approved a settlement agreement between the education department and disability rights advocates in the Bronx, resolving a four-year-old lawsuit that challenged the city’s process for allocating certain special education services. The settlement, in effect for three years,…