Cyber Charter Threatened Over Treatment of Students With Disabilities
Georgia Cyber Academy could be closed if it fails to create or obtain individual education plans for students. Read Full Post >
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November 26, 2012
October 24, 2012
States Must Tread Cautiously on Evaluations of Special Ed. Teachers
With school reform efforts combining with federal incentives to encourage more districts and states to change how they evaluate teachers, the Council for Exceptional Children shares its views on evaluating special education teachers. Read Full Post >
October 09, 2012
New Center: Concerns About Online Options for Special Ed. Students
Parent complaints, teacher training, and accessibility are among the worries of the new Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities. Read Full Post >
October 04, 2012
Feds Receive Record Number of Complaints About Special Education
The greatest number of complaints were about whether students were receiving a free, appropriate public education. Read Full Post >
October 01, 2012
N.J. District Cited for Segregating Students With Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights found that during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years, more than 60 percent of students with disabilities in the district were in self-contained classrooms. Read Full Post >
September 17, 2012
Outcomes for Students With Severe Disabilities Can, Must Improve
The Collaboration to Promote Self-Determination today shared a set of recommendations to better prepare students with significant disabilities for the workforce and continue their education after high school. Read Full Post >
August 02, 2012
New Center Will Aim to Develop More Effective Special Educators
The U.S. Education Department's office of special education will spend up to $5 million on the creation of the Center to Support the Development of Effective Educators to Serve Students with Disabilities. Read Full Post >
July 19, 2012
Reading Program Ineffective for Students With Learning Disabilities
Reading Mastery is used in all 50 states and internationally, and Reading Mastery Signature is used in more than 6,500 schools across the country. Read Full Post >
May 30, 2012
Including, Excluding Students With Disabilities Under NCLB
The new report says that in 37 states with relevant data, only 9 percent of all public schools missed AYP during the 2008-09 school year because of how students with disabilities performed and at least one other reason, and 5 percent missed it solely because of students with disabilities' performance on state tests. Read Full Post >
May 24, 2012
How Should Students With Learning Disabilities Be Identified?
The combination of a surge in the use of response to intervention and a lack of consensus about how much of a role cognitive assessment should play in an evaluation prompted the National Center for Learning Disabilities this month to issue new set of guidelines on their view of how students with specific learning disabilities should be identified. Read Full Post >
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