Yahoo News Five weeks into HISD's special education overhaul, district leaders and some parents say the reforms have helped students. Others remain unconvinced. The district's new Special Education Success Program, which sent thousands of students to new campuses this...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth The Catholic school tour ended, and Maria Contreras felt an overwhelming desire to enroll her 7-year-old. But first, a difficult question for the principal. The second grader has trouble focusing. He doesn’t listen to teachers and runs around...
The 74 Jenny Thamer had low hopes for the meeting called by the superintendent of the Boulder Valley School District to hear from families of autistic students. From her experience, such so-called listening sessions are often pro forma events, staged more to assuage...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit in In Re: District of Columbia. The brief urges the court to affirm the decision of the United States District Court. The amicus brief is here. COPAA Amicus Committee Co-chairs Ellen M. Saideman and COPAA Legal Director...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the 9 th Circuit in E.T. v. San Diego Unified School Dist. The brief urges the court to reverse the decision of the United States District Court in a case involving the issue of a Settlement Agreement and whether parents have a right to...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the 9th Circuit in SPB. v. Washoe County School District The brief urges the court to affirm the decision of the United States District Court. The amicus brief is here. COPAA Amicus Committee Co-chairs Ellen M. Saideman and COPAA Legal...
On Tuesday afternoon, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) hosted a K-12 Education Spotlight Forum titled, Raising the Alarm: How the National School Voucher Program Will Be Harmful to Students. Panelists discussed the pending impacts of the federal education tax credit which...
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act, alongside Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). The bill would ban corporal punishment for any school that receives federal funding, as...
The Federal School Discipline and Climate Coalition (FedSDC) released What Does and Doesn’t Work: Myths and Facts About School Discipline and Disproportionality to support schools in their efforts to use evidence-based practices. A press advisory issued alongside the...