Special Education Law
IDEA. The Americans with Disabilities Act. Learn more about what laws govern special education and how they affect schools and students
School & District Management
Review of IDEA Shows More Use of Response to Intervention
A new study evaluates many ways in which the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is working, and not. The study finds that more schools are using response to intervention, but fewer schools are able to address parents' complaints.
Special Education
'Serving All Kids, No Exceptions'
By combining response to intervention and positive behavioral interventions and supports and destroying any opportunity for a student with disabilities to be segregated from other students, along with a host of other measures, a University of Kansas professor says all students can benefit, and achieve.
Special Education
21 Years After ADA, Census Reveals Some Startling Statistics
While the Americans with Disabilities Act has improved the lives of many with disabilities, consider observing the 21-year anniversary of this law by reflecting on some ways their lives still could be improved.
Education Funding
Bill Would Boost Federal Spending on Students with Disabilities
A new bill proposes the federal government live up to its promise to pay 40 percent of the costs of educating students with disabilities.
Special Education
Feds Cite D.C., Others for Problems in Special Education
For five years running, the District of Columbia has failed to uphold parts of the federal law that governs the education of students with disabilities.
Special Education
End to One-Time Aid May Squeeze Special Ed. Budgets
Federal funding to help states avoid layoffs helped shore up special education, but the money is coming to an end.
Education Funding
'No' From Feds on Special Ed. Cuts in Iowa
Iowa joins South Carolina and Oregon in being denied requests to cut special education spending.
Education Funding
Feds Threaten S.C. With $111 Million Cut to Special Ed.
South Carolina may lose about $111 million in federal special education money for cutting spending on students with disabilities for the last two years without an OK from the U.S. Department of Education.
Special Education
No Summer Break From Problems with Special Ed.
Summertime doesn't mean parents of children with disabilities can take a vacation from fighting for their children's education.
Special Education
N.C. Bill to Give Schooling Tax Credits Passes Legislature
North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday approved a tax break of up to $6,000 a year for parents to recover some of the expense of private school tuition or homeschooling for their child with disabilities.
Special Education
Are L.A. Charter Schools Screening Out Special Ed. Students?
While traditional district schools are hard-pressed to turn anyone away, or must find a way to educate them regardless of cost or hardship, charters appear to be using a vetting process that may explain the stark difference in the percentages of students with disabilities enrolled in their schools versus district-run schools.
Special Education
Early Intervention and Longterm Support Key for Deaf Students
The challenges of teaching children who are deaf or hard of hearing starts signed or spoken language start early and continue for years.
Special Education
Report Probes the Future of Special Education
A new report looks at how special education students and the people who work with them have changed during the last decade and concludes that the field needs to change, dramatically.
Special Education
More Vouchers, But at What Price?
This year, 15 states have passed or proposed laws that expand or create vouchers for students with special needs.