On Special Education
Explored the opportunities and obstacles educators encounter while serving students with special needs, including children with disabilities, gifted students, and those who are homeless or incarcerated. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: students with disabilities, gifted education, and homeless.
Special Education
Response to Intervention Grows Up: Charting the Challenges and Benefits
In Education Week's newest report on response to intervention, we explore how the educational process has matured since its introduction in federal law more than a decade ago.
Special Education
Final Rule Released on Identifying Racial Bias in Special Education
Many more school districts will be required to use special education money to address minority overrepresentation under a final rule released Monday by the U.S. Department of Education.
Special Education
U.S. Supreme Court Sets Date to Hear Special Education Case
The high-profile case, involving a Colorado student with autism, focuses on the level of benefit that special education is supposed to provide students with disabilities.
States
Ed. Dept. to Host Listening Tour On Texas Special Education Enrollment
Officials want to hear from parents, students and educators in the wake of a newspaper series that said Texas is suppressing special education enrollment.
Assessment
College Board Makes it Easier for Students With Disabilities to Get Accommodations
Most students whose IEPs call for testing accommodations will have those same accommodations approved when they're taking the SAT or Advanced Placement tests.
Special Education
Intellectual Disability Definition Plays Role in Supreme Court Deliberations
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a Texas case about what standard of intellectual disability can be used to disqualify a person from the death penalty.
Special Education
Trump's Attorney General Pick Draws Ire of Disability Advocates
Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican and president-elect Donald Trump's selection for attorney general, singled out the special education law as contributing to a decline in classroom discipline.
Special Education
For Special Education Students, 'Regular Diplomas' Can be Watered Down
Individual states allow education teams to change the graduation requirements for students with disabilities, leading to students graduating with a less rigorous program of study.
School & District Management
Analysis Finds Flaws in Studies of Black Overrepresentation in Special Education
Research that find black students are overenrolled in special education are not adjusting for factors other than race that could result in the appearance of overrepresentation, says a new synthesis.
Special Education
What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Special Education?
In a questionnaire prepared by disability advocacy groups, the Trump campaign stressed the federal government's limited role in local education.
Equity & Diversity
Yonkers, N.Y., District Commits to More Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights said that some students were placed in self-contained special education settings without an individualized justification for doing so.
Special Education
Autistic Children Over-Diagnosed With ADHD, Study Suggests
A study from the Center for Autism Research finds autistic children may be over-diagnosed with ADHD, partly because a common ADHD screening tool may mistake autism-related social impairments for inattention.
Special Education
Building a Multitiered System of Supports From the Ground Up
At 2 p.m., Nov. 3, Education Week is hosting a web chat with a Georgia school district administrator on how he helped his district implement a multitiered system of supports.
School Climate & Safety
Video of Teacher Dragging Special Education Student Roils Mississippi District
A Greenville, Miss. teacher was fired and a superintendent placed on administrative leave after a video of a student being dragged by her hair surfaced on social media.