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Coach Len Boudreaux works with Sam Millikan, left, and Keitra Douglas at Gwinnett Heat wheelchair-basketball practice at the Monarch School in Duluth, Ga.
—David Walter Banks for Education Week

Guidance on Athletics and Spec. Ed. Students Draws Sharply Split Response

Disability-rights advocates welcome new federal guidance on special education students and sports, while critics say federal officials are pushing costly new mandates. (February 5, 2013)

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East Lake's conversion from a 'war zone' to a national model led to the creation of Purpose Built Communities—a community-improvement approach in the mold of the Harlem Children's Zone.
September 13, 2011 - Education Week
Stigmatized by the terrorist attacks, Muslim students feel a continuing obligation to be ambassadors for their faith and their culture.
September 8, 2011 - Education Week
Researchers say black or Latino students in poor, urban communities are more likely to attend schools with stiff security measures—even when their schools' crime rates are no different than those of better-off schools.
August 29, 2011 - Education Week
A Mexican-American studies program doesn't violate a new state law restricting such classes, an audit says, despite the state schools chief's claim.
June 17, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
Schools should pay more attention to the social and emotional development of African-American boys in the early grades—and focus less on their academic skills, a group of scholars says.
June 15, 2011 - Education Week
The ACLU says that schools who filter LGBT content on the Internet are infringing on free-speech and the Equal Access Act.
June 15, 2011 - Digital Directions
As a handful of school districts around the country continue to try to prevent students from forming gay-straight alliances, the U.S. Department of Education is putting schools on notice that federal law requires them to treat all student organizations the same.
June 14, 2011 - Education Week
Civil rights groups, parents, teachers, and school leaders form opposing camps in placement of NYC charter schools.
June 9, 2011 - Education Week
Pending legislation would require lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans to be "accurately portrayed" in social studies classes.
April 22, 2011 - Education Week
In order for educators to create a safe environment for students at risk of being bullied, the legal groundwork must be laid, writes Stephen T. Russell.
March 29, 2011 - Education Week

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