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, […]
This article was published on ARLNow by Jo DeVoe on July 30, 2021. A multi-year legal battle between a family and Arlington Public Schools over the appropriateness of their child’s special education support ended this summer with a decision in APS’s favor, handed down by federal court. While the avenues for dispute resolution dead-end there […]
This article was published on EdSource by Carolyn Jones on July 30, 2021. To improve accountability and transparency in California’s special education system, funding should bypass local cost-sharing consortiums and go directly to school districts, according to a new report released Thursday. The report, compiled by researchers at the nonpartisan consulting firm West Ed, is […]
This article was published on InDepthNH by Paula Tracy on July 29, 2021. CONCORD – Katie Duran of Wolfeboro was beaming Thursday and said she almost accidentally signed House Bill 581 just after Gov. Chris Sununu in celebration of a measure that places the burden of proof in special education on the school system rather than […]
This article was published on the Sarasota Herald-Tribune by Ryan McKinnon on July 28, 2021. The fallout from a costly, protracted special education scandal continued to divide the Sarasota County School Board Tuesday, as school leaders questioned each other’s motives during a heated discussion over special education policy. The question at hand: Should parents be allowed […]
This article was published on the Alabama Political Reporter by Eddie Burkhalter on July 27, 2021. Disciplinary policies in U.S. public schools disproportionately impact children of color, the disabled and LGBTQ youth, the SPLC Action Fund wrote to the U.S. Department of Education last week. The comments, submitted to the Department of Education’s Office for […]
This article was published on The Morning Call by Daniel Patrick Sheehan on July 24, 2021. Hulk smashes, yes, but he also feels lousy afterwards, when he reverts to being mild-mannered Bruce Banner and surveys the wreckage. Therapist Jason Frei explores that lesson to great effect with children at Northampton Area Middle School who struggle […]
This article was published on KALB by Kailey McCarthy on July 22, 2021. ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) – A new program for young people with developmental disabilities is officially a go at LSUA. The program is being funded by a grant award of $126,000 from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation and private donations worth […]
This article was published on the Columbia Daily Tribune by Roger McKinney on July 16, 2021. When Rock Bridge High School students Kinley Schade and Sriya Pokala started a not-for-profit in tandem with the start of the pandemic, they had no idea it would grow as it has in 16 months. Their not-for-profit organization, Difference One Step […]
This article was published on The Suffolk Times by Bob Liepa on July 21, 2021. Upon entering a classroom at the Harry B. Ward Technical Center in Riverhead Monday morning, a visitor was greeted by a room full of smiling faces. Perhaps not what one would expect of students in school during the summer. Not […]