November 3, 2016
By: Aliyya Swaby
Source: texastribune.org The Texas Education Agency denied allegations that it capped special education services for public school students at 8.5 percent in a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Education. The Texas Education Agency told the U.S. Department of Education Wednesday that it has never set a cap or limit on the […]
November 3, 2016
By: Alex Zimmerman
Source: chalkbeat.org When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced he would make it easier for children with disabilities whose needs aren’t met in public school to have their private school tuition funded by the city, he said the policy shift would make the special education system more equitable. Families were put through “a […]
November 3, 2016
By: Julie M. Depenbrock
Source: edweek.org A new study conducted by the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has found that children with autism may be over-diagnosed with ADHD. Teachers and parents who use the screening tool, which assesses children for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may mistake autism-related social impairments for […]
November 3, 2016
The region’s individualist ethos and unique demographic breakdown have resulted in a lack of early-education investment. When you think of America’s western mountain states, what comes to mind? Wide, open spaces? Majestic peaks? Infinite blue skies? Pervasive lack of investment in pre-k? This sparsely populated region, unique in both its striking landscape and rugged […]
November 3, 2016
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: washingtonpost.com If you listen to the school reform debate these days, you would be forgiven for thinking that public schools across the board are failing students and that schools that are struggling can only improve if they fire all of their staff, become a charter school or let the state take […]
November 3, 2016
By: Alex Zimmerman
Source: chalkbeat.org New data released Tuesday show that New York City is still struggling to provide required services to many of its students with disabilities. About 30 percent of students had to wait longer than the two months allowed under law to be assessed for education plans that outline the services the […]
November 3, 2016
By: Jack Bradley
Source: hechingerreport.org Teen with three disabilities makes a public plea for innovation in education — and blows the experts away Editor’s Note: Jack Bradley is a junior at Dupont Manual High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attends the public high school’s math, science and technology magnet. He and his family have started […]
October 27, 2016
By: Mary Jo Madda
Source: edsurge.com If you’re an educator, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “data-driven instruction,” where you’re asked to constantly assess, analyze, and adjust how you teach students. But one word in that phrase often raises a host of questions: What counts as “data”? How do you collect it? And what types […]
October 27, 2016
By: Barbara Boyer
Source: disabilityscoop.com A Moorestown, N.J. preschool is facing allegations that it unlawfully expelled a 3-year-old girl with Down syndrome because she was not potty-trained, according to a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. The lawsuit filed in Burlington County Superior Court alleges that Chesterbrook Academy, part of the national […]
October 27, 2016
By: Christina Samuels
Source: edweek.org Graduation rates among students with disabilities rose from 59 percent in the 2010-11 school year to 64.6 percent in the 2014-15 school year—a 5.6 percentage point increase that is higher than the 4.2 percentage point increase seen among the overall student population in the same time period. The graduation rate […]