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Most states fail to meet IDEA requirements, feds say
Disability Scoop Over half of states are not living up to their obligations under federal special education law, with many receiving a failing grade from the U.S. Department of Education multiple years in a row. Just 20 states earned a “meets requirements” designation...
Former Republican special ed chiefs warn against shifting oversight to HHS (OPINION)
The 74 Most families want the same thing: children who feel safe, welcome, challenged and supported at school, and teachers who have the tools to help them succeed. Education must be focused on what truly matters: our children, the families who support them and the...
FL: In Florida, swim lessons for kids with autism aim to curb deaths
NPR Mackenzie Wesley sports a big grin and bright blue Lilo & Stitch swim gear as she runs into her weekly swim lessons. It's fitting, because the 5-year-old has something in common with movie character Lilo: She adores water. "Whether it's the pool or beach, she...
COPAA State Monitoring Report Finds States Lack Capacity to Police IDEA Compliance
On Tuesday, July 7, COPAA released States Are Failing to Meet Their Obligations to Students Under IDEA: An Analysis of State Monitoring Reports by the U.S. Department of Education, which examines recent State monitoring reports released by the U.S. Department of...
Senate Democrats Reject Interagency Agreements to Move IDEA and Civil Rights Functions to Other Agencies
Last week, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations; and Bernie Sanders, Ranking...
GAO Report Highlights Wide Variability in Student Access to General Education
In a new report titled More Students with Disabilities Were Educated in General Education Settings, but State Trends Varied Widely, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the number of students with disabilities placed in general education classrooms...
Trump’s actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn
PBS News For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Trump administration. Last month, the Department of Education announced it would...
This federal data helps shape policy. It’s 6 months late
NPR For more than 50 years, the Education Department has revealed a host of realities about how students are being treated in every public school across America: which kids are being bullied, which ones are being harassed and which students can access the internet,...
Colleges serving more Autistic students than they realize
Inside Higher Ed As colleges work to improve student success, new research suggests they may be underestimating the size of a much larger student population than previously understood: autistic students. A new study from Michigan State University examined 731...
CA: Bakersfield mothers continue their fight for cameras to be installed in special education classrooms
KERO Mothers with special needs children part of the Bakersfield City School District took to a recent board meeting to present 5,000 signatures asking for cameras to be placed in special ed classrooms.
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