The Dartmouth Superior Court Judge David Ruoff in New Hampshire ruled that the state’s special education funding is “constitutionally insufficient” on Aug. 18. Ruoff wrote in his decision that underfunding special education means that “school districts must rely...
Jersey City Times Tensions ran high at Thursday night’s Jersey City Board of Education meeting as multiple Jersey City Public Schools (JCPS) parents emotionally recounted their negative experiences with the district’s special education department and demanded that it...
Raleigh News & Observer The Wake County school system has seen a 38% increase in how often students are being physically restrained or locked alone in rooms by school employees. Data presented Tuesday show 1,802 acts of restraint or seclusion were reported to the...
WUNC A UNC-Chapel Hill program partnering with a dozen community colleges across the state has lost a federal grant to help train future preschool teachers to better serve students with disabilities. It's part of the U.S. Department of Education's crackdown on grants...
Ed Week Education equity advocates say they’ve reached “an important milestone” in addressing pandemic-era learning loss after the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to provide three years of high-dosage tutoring and other remediation services to more than...
EdSource California legislation that would double the number of days a substitute can teach a single class could help school districts keep vacant teaching positions filled, but opponents fear it could hurt students academically. Assembly Bill 1224, by Assemblymember...
WLRN Last school year, Irene switched her daughter, who has autism, from a public charter school to a private school. Irene planned on paying for the school with the state voucher meant for students with disabilities. “She thrives the best in the setting where it's...
Boston Herald This year BPS is launching a program decades in the making to provide resources for adult students with disabilities heading into the workforce. “The NExT, Navigating Employment and Transition program, is a comprehensive transition program for young...
Hechinger Report Under federal law, students with disabilities — who once faced widespread, outright exclusion from public schools — have a right to learn alongside peers without disabilities “to the maximum extent” possible. That includes the right to get...