Education Department issues guidelines for restraining, isolating disruptive students
By Susan FerrissiWatch NewsIn response to simmering concerns over reported abuses, the U.S. Department of Education issued multiple guidelines Tuesd...
By Susan FerrissiWatch NewsIn response to simmering concerns over reported abuses, the U.S. Department of Education issued multiple guidelines Tuesd...
Teach Plus | Posted 05.11.2012
We should not expect the most vulnerable in our community, those who could most benefit from a proper education, to bear the highest burden in times of economic crisis.
Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 05.09.2012
Mothers such as Areva Martin are necessary for our society to evolve. The disparity that exists between equal rights and equal opportunities is obvious, and not just to neurotypicals.
Jessica Minahan | Posted 04.26.2012
Most degree programs include one or possibly two courses focused on teaching students with mental health disabilities and subsequent challenging behaviors. This leaves teachers to learn on the job in a busy classroom.
AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 04.24.2012
MIAMI -- Since the first day of class this school year, Bev Campbell has been teaching her students how to say their names. Some of the children in h...
Leda Natkin Nelis | Posted 05.26.2012
We are not only mothers, we are warriors -- forced to fight for our children, to often question the medical community and seek alternate therapies.
AP | Posted 02.10.2012
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- Eight school district employees were placed on leave during an investigation of their handling of allegations that a special e...
Allen Frances | Posted 03.23.2012
The possible DSM 5 return to a narrower definition has created an uproar and caused a sharp division of opinion among advocates.
northcanton.patch.com | Posted 03.17.2012
It was the same thing year after year: A small percentage of students in Rebecca Tolson's class struggled with reading because of dyslexia. And the...
Julie Z. Rosenberg | Posted 03.12.2012
As a member of the 40 percent -- that is, the parent of a child on the special education side of an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) class, I've often wondered what the other "half" (the 60 percent) thinks about these inclusion classes.
Ronna Kaplan, M.A. | Posted 03.10.2012
Music can stimulate a variety of the senses and involve the child at many levels.
AP | Posted 11.18.2011
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...
Larry Strauss | Posted 01.10.2012
Fifty years ago, I watched my parents try to help my developmentally disabled brother. They were told multiple times to dispose of their defective child in an institution. I'm not sure how much less agonizing it is today.
Elizabeth Lynam | Posted 01.07.2012
It will be impossible to curb school spending to the extent required by fiscal realities without addressing the significant and rapidly increasing expenditures for special education.
Posted 12.21.2011
The grandmother of an autistic seventh grade Chicago Public School student reportedly left alone on a school bus for three hours is considering filing...
Posted 12.06.2011
Detroit Public Schools is in compliance with state and federal mandates for its Special Education evaluation system for the first time since 2007, DPS...
The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 11.01.2011
Massachusetts' state auditor is calling for sweeping reform of oversight and financial accountability for the state's 30 special education agencies af...
Education Week | Nirvi Shah | Posted 10.31.2011
School districts that want to reduce special education spending from one year to the next without restoring what was cut now have the blessing of the ...
Steve Mariotti | Posted 10.30.2011
My mom's motto was, "A great teacher can affect eternity." She made every one of her physically and emotionally challenged students feel special.
Kristen Houghton | Posted 10.29.2011
Another school year and the hassle of knowing all you need to know for your special needs child to receive a fair and equal education begins anew.
Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 10.26.2011
Teachers need to empower students with confidence rather than creating an environment of "learned helplessness" by placing the majority of the emphasis on "weaknesses" and "fixing problems."
Education Week | Nirvi Shah | Posted 08.25.2011
South Carolina may lose about $111 million in federal special education money for cutting its spending on students with disabilities for the last two ...
The Huffington Post | Posted 08.23.2011
Massachusetts State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump has identified criminal wrongdoing in the investigation of John B. Barranco, the Merrimack Special Educati...
HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.07.2011
NEW YORK -- Milwaukee's voucher system, which allows low-income students to attend private schools using tax dollars, discriminates based on disabilit...
The Huffington Post | Jessica Prois | Posted 11.29.2011
The U.S. Department of Education said last week that it will administer guidelines by this fall regarding the use of restraint and seclusion when dea...
The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.18.2012