Special Education

Feds Probe Mass. Special Needs School

Submitted 186 days ago

Topic: Special Education

Many States Don't Regulate Seclusion, Restraint

Submitted 186 days ago

Topic: Special Education

Idaho Says District Incorrectly Labeled ELL Students forSpec. Ed.

Submitted 186 days ago

The state education department has found that the Nampa district incorrectly labeled English-language learners as eligible for special education services.

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Identifying ELLs With Disabilities

Submitted 186 days ago

School district officials think teachers tend to be too quick to refer English-language learners to special education, while teachers think administrators tend to wait too long to make a referral, according to a study.

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Smart Money in Tough Times

Submitted 186 days ago

Mary-Dean Barringer writes that more should be done to help students who struggle simply because they learn differently—their brains aren’t “wired” the way their classmates’ are.

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Gifted Advocates Say Rules Protect Federal Money

Submitted 858 days ago

Advocates for gifted education say changes to a U.S. Department of Education grant notification have allayed their fears that money designated for high-achieving students was being diverted to other needs.

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Autism-Program Study Is Said to Be Flawed

Submitted 858 days ago

While research on autism is to be commended, the Policy Matters Ohio study of the Autism Scholarship Program exhibits some serious flaws.

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States Found Moving to Head Off Due-Process Hearings

Submitted 802 days ago

More than 80 percent of requests for due-process hearings never get to the point at which a hearing is held, according to an analysis by a national technical-assistance center on resolving special education disputes.

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Teacher Training Focus of Grants

Submitted 747 days ago

The U.S. Department of Education has given grants to 20 universities to revamp their special education teacher-preparation programs, a step the department says is key to increasing the numbers of highly qualified teachers.

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Testing Officials Again Tackle Accommodations And Exclusions for Special Student Populations

Submitted 690 days ago

Federal officials are once again looking at exclusion and accommodation guidelines in the hope of bringing more consistency to those policies.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EducationWeekSpecialEducation/~4/345992496" height="1" width="1"/

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