News Briefs
The life of Cobb County, Ga., educator Brad Cohen will be the subject of a “Hallmark Hall of Fame” movie scheduled to air on CBS.
December 1, 2008
An education industry has grown up around providing teaching materials for students with dyslexia.
December 1, 2008
Researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore who are examining the neurological basis underpinning attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have shown that children with the condition have less activation in the brain region used to rapidly switch behavior
September 30, 2008
Paul V. Smith, 69, a retired director of research for the Children’s Defense Fund, died Sept. 9 of sepsis.
September 22, 2008
In 2007, former photojournalist Dan Habib released a documentary about his son Samuel, an 8-year-old with cerebral palsy, and his family’s unflagging efforts to make sure that Samuel was a full participant in home and school life.
September 8, 2008
The U.S. Department of Education has given grants to 20 universities to revamp their special education teacher-preparation programs, a step the department says is key to increasing the numbers of highly qualified teachers.
August 12, 2008
For years, academically gifted children were thought to fit neatly into a category. But developmental psychologists are learning that people who are gifted are not categorized quite so neatly.
October 14, 2008
A bill headed to the White House clarifies the federal Americans With Disabilities Act in ways expected to help K-12 students.
September 19, 2008
Bit by bit, the U.S. Department of Education is trying to pull down the walls that have traditionally separated general and special education.
September 8, 2008
Universities are to revamp teacher-preparation programs, with an eye to increasing the numbers of teachers deemed highly qualified in special education.
August 4, 2008
Technology, once seen as heralding the end of the communication method, is instead making it easier for students to learn it.
July 15, 2008
Federal officials are once again looking at exclusion and accommodation guidelines in the hope of bringing more consistency to those policies.
July 11, 2008
More than 80 percent of requests for due-process hearings never get to the point at which a hearing is held, according to an analysis by a national technical-assistance center on resolving special education disputes.
June 13, 2008
The district has failed to meet the requirements of a 2006 class action to provide adequate special education services to students with disabilities.
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