Special Needs Students

School Allegedly Punished Girl By Seating Her At Special Needs Table

Posted 05.30.2012

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A mother in St. Petersburg, Fla. says that her fourth-grade daughter was punished for misbehaving by being seated with special needs students in her s...

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Teen Punished By School After Reporting Student Bullying Of Special Needs Girl

Posted 05.29.2012

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Stormy Rich, an 18-year-old Florida student, says she was punished after reporting bullying of a special needs student on a school bus, and standing u...

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Teacher Allegedly Made Special Needs Student Sit In Cardboard Box

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.17.2012

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A state investigation has been opened at Hudson Middle School in Caldwell County, N.C., following allegations that a teacher forced a student with spe...

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High School Sports Age Limit Put To Vote

AP | Posted 05.08.2012

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GAYLORD, Mich. -- The council that governs high school sports in Michigan recommended Monday that the age limit for sports eligibility be lifted under...

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Student With Disability Fights To Play Sports

AP | JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.03.2012

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LANSING, Mich. -- A 19-year-old with Down syndrome took his case for high school sports eligibility to state lawmakers Wednesday, arguing that Michiga...

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Special Needs Student Allegedly Died From Teacher's Forced Neck Brace

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 03.06.2012

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Parents of Aaron Hatcher, a former special needs student at Roswell High School in Atlanta, Ga., have filed a $10.5 million lawsuit against the distri...

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SHOCK: 6th Grader Brutally Beaten While Peers Videotape, Cheer

Posted 03.23.2012

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Troubling footage has surfaced of a student with autism being brutally beaten to the ground at his Maryland school bus stop while his peers stood by t...

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School Bus Driver To Stand Trial For Molesting Special Needs Students

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.06.2012

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A school bus driver is sitting in jail Friday awaiting trail on charges of molesting two 11-year old, female, special-needs students. Long-time San...

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Teacher's Aide Accused Of Inappropriate Contact With Student With Autism

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.15.2011

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LeShawn Hill, a seven-year employee of Boston Public Schools, is accused of "inappropriate conduct" with a nonverbal student with autism this week, Th...

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Schools Chief: Response To Special Needs Student Bullied By Teachers 'Fell Short'

AP | Posted 01.23.2012

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WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohio -- The head of a central Ohio school district concedes that administrators "fell short" in responding to complaints that ...

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Teacher Faces Sanction For Verbally Abusing Special Needs Student

AP | Posted 11.18.2011

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DEPTFORD, N.J. -- A New Jersey teacher faces discipline after being recorded telling a special-needs student that he was a "tard" and responding sarca...

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Teacher Threatening Student Caught On Tape

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.18.2011

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No one believed 15-year-old Julio Artuz when he said he was being bullied by a teacher at school -- not even his parents. So the special needs stud...

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"She's Trying To Forget..."

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.18.2011

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"We were shocked ... we didn't know," 14-year-old Cheyenne's father tearfully said in an interview on the TODAY show Tuesday. After their complai...

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Family: Special Needs Student Locked, Alone, In School Bus For 3 Hours

Posted 12.21.2011

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The grandmother of an autistic seventh grade Chicago Public School student reportedly left alone on a school bus for three hours is considering filing...

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School Official Called Educators 'Dirtbags' On Twitter

AP | By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS | Posted 11.29.2011

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TULSA, Okla. -- Oklahoma's schools superintendent said Thursday that her chief of staff calling school administrators "dirtbags" in a personal Twitter...

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Maryland Mom Killed 13-Year-Old Son, Self, Over School Costs

AP | By ERIC TUCKER | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Ben Barnhard finally had reason to be optimistic this summer: The 13-year-old shed more than 100 pounds at a rigorous weight-loss academ...

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ACLU: Milwaukee's Voucher Program Segregates Schools

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.07.2011

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NEW YORK -- Milwaukee's voucher system, which allows low-income students to attend private schools using tax dollars, discriminates based on disabilit...

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