CT Mirror Federal education policy cast a long shadow at the annual Special Education Equity for Kids in Connecticut conference Friday. The event’s two keynote speakers, attorney Matt Cohen of Chicago and University of Connecticut professor Preston Green III, spoke in...
Behind the Investigation Georgia school districts are spending thousands of dollars fighting parents in special education legal battles — while families say their kids aren't getting the services they need. In this Behind the Investigation, Atlanta News First...
The Chicago Reporter Carla Rivera’s 5-year-old son is in kindergarten, but he is already attending his third school. Rivera, 48, a parent outreach coordinator who lives in Chicago’s Hegewisch neighborhood, said she first noticed that her son was not meeting some...
Bridge Michigan Michigan special education advocates say a proposed change in state rules could cause learning disruptions for children with disabilities. Currently, when a parent or guardian files a special education complaint with the state, the Michigan...
Education Week Since rolling out an artificial intelligence tool last school year, one Texas school district has cut the time it takes to craft a special education student’s individualized education program (IEP) from hours to an average of just 45 minutes. Mesquite...
Fort Worth Report They don’t attend the same school. They aren’t in the same grade. They don’t even share a diagnosis. But Kim Medford’s seventh grader and Ashish Talwar’s first grader share one thing: a parent who says making sure Fort Worth ISD follows their special...
K-12 Dive The number of special education state complaints has continued its year-over-year climb nationwide, jumping 7% between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school years alone, according to an analysis released this month by the Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the Third Circuit in DM v. WATCHUNG HILLS REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION. The brief urges the court to reverse the decision of the United States District Court. COPAA Amicus Committee Co-chair Catherine Merino Reisman and COPAA...
SPED LAW BLOG by David Bateman The Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) has released its October 2026 report, Trends in Dispute Resolution Under the IDEA: 2024–25 (SY 2024). Drawing on data released by the U.S. Department of...