WILX Michigan education officials are expanding efforts to improve outcomes for students with disabilities. The Michigan Department of Education said recent gains in graduation rates and other performance measures demonstrate progress, but officials say additional...
WV News School finance officials from across West Virginia told lawmakers Monday that the state’s school funding formula is not fundamentally broken but no longer reflects current realities facing county school systems, particularly rising special education costs,...
Michigan Advance Members of the State Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to convene a committee to examine special education programs in Michigan and to work with stakeholders to review statewide needs. The committee was proposed by Board of Education...
Last week, the White House held a press conference to preview forthcoming regulations from the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to guide implementation of the federal education tax credit voucher program. While the final...
Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced the Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development (READ) Act along with Senators Jim Banks (R-IN), John...
K-12 Dive Attorneys general in three states — California, Rhode Island and Wisconsin — sued the U.S. Department of Education on June 9, saying the agency unlawfully discontinued grants in those states that fund professional development of special education staff and...
Chalkbeat Mark Brostrom’s 11-year-old son was struggling in public school when his school district suggested what seemed like a better fit: a new specialized school near the family’s home. Brostrom remembers thinking that the Austin Centers for Exceptional Students in...
Westport Journal A newly released Request for Proposals to critique the district’s special education program is not sitting well with parents who insist the selected consultant be independent and not hand-picked by district administrators who oversee the program. “We...
WTOC A Statesboro mother says her non-verbal son with autism came home from school with unexplained bruises and scratches, and she has struggled to get answers about how the injuries happened. Chanier Morales is an 18-year-old non-verbal autistic student at Statesboro...