Special Education Law
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Special Education
Were Special Education, Title I, Other Programs Cut by Mistake?
Spending for four programs--special education, Title I, teacher quality, and career and technical education--for the current school year was cut, presumably well after most states and school districts had spending plans for the year in place.
Special Education
Separate Education for Those in Special Education? Possibly
Will the teachers of students with disabilities, teachers who in many cases work with all students, have to meet a lesser standard than their counterparts? And will expectations of students with disabilities be lowered, too, when the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is reauthorized? Maybe.
Special Education
Feds Offer Guidance on Making P.E. More Inclusive
Physical education classes should use equipment that all students, including those with disabilities, can use. And students with disabilities should participate in team sports for an invaluable, irreplaceable learning experience, new guidance from the U.S. Education Department says.
School & District Management
More Inclusion in Detroit Ends Four Years of Sanctions
To reform its special education program, Detroit boosted the number of students spending at least 80 percent of their school day in general education settings from about 28 percent in 2006 to 38 percent last school year.
School & District Management
More Concern on Loosened Special Education Spending Rules
New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education about school districts' special education spending has some worried about the weakening of the once-solid armor protecting these budgets.
Special Education
News in Brief
Rules Issued on Infants, Toddlers With Disabilities
The regulations come years after the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act was renewed.
Special Education
Life Paths Diverge for Young Adults With, Without Disabilities
Six years after high school, students with disabilities are less likely to have gone on to postsecondary schools than their classmates without disabilities, less likely to have financial independence, but a little more likely to have children, according to a new study.
Special Education
Rules Finally Issued on Infants, Toddlers With Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education has issued new rules about how states and school districts should work with infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Special Education
News in Brief
Special Ed. Center Hires Director
The National Center for Special Education Research has hired Deborah Speece.
Special Education
Report Roundup
Research Report: Special Education
Seven years after the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was renewed with a provision allowing "response to intervention" to be used when deciding if a child has a specific learning disability, a new study shows 71 percent of school districts use the strategy in at least one school.
Special Education
New Chief Named to Run Special Education Research Center
A former special education teacher with years of experience at the university level will take over as head of the National Center for Special Education Research.
Special Education
New Proposal Emerges to Boost Special Education Spending
A Colorado congressman is proposing cuts to defense spending to increase federal spending on students with disabilities.
Education Funding
S.C.'s Penalty for Cutting Special Ed. Spending Delayed
The delay raises questions about whether such penalties for states that cut education spending without federal approval are meaningful.
Special Education
Student With Disability Eligible for School, but Not Sports
A North Carolina high school student who has Down syndrome is 19, which is too old to play on the school football team, according to state rules. But Brett Bowden can attend school until his 22nd birthday.