Among the work going on now is a review of practices across the district that will take inventory of the very best of these, then share them, something that doesn't always happen in the frenetic pace of a school year. Read Full Post >
Using $800,000 in money it got from the federal Race to the Top competition, the district is hiring the American Institutes of Research to study how students with disabilities are served in public and private schools in the district, identify best practices, and figure out what strategies and approaches can be scaled up in district schools. Read Full Post >
The president proposes increasing spending under Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which provides special education programs for infants and toddlers, by $20 million, for a total of $462.7 million. Read Full Post >
An audit by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General raised some questions about how the state spent some of its federal stimulus money, including special education funds. Read Full Post >
Here's a recap of some of the stories Education Week has written about special education and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Read Full Post >
The Iowa senator has long been a champion of full funding for special education. Read Full Post >
I check these links frequently when writing about special education and the stimulus. Read Full Post >
A parent advocacy group has created a Web site intended to track special-education stimulus funds. Read Full Post >
Get ready for more teacher training, more technology, and perhaps more resources for early intervention programs as school districts start to get their hands on the $12.2 billion allocated by the federal government for special education stimulus funds. There are still a lot of unresolved question... Read Full Post >
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