Court Upholds Use of 'Timeout Room' at Oklahoma School
A school district's use of a "timeout room" did not violate the constitutional rights of a student with developmental disabilities, a federal appeals court has ruled. Read Full Post >
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April 23, 2013
April 17, 2013
School Leader Group Proposes Change to Special Education Due Process
The American Association of School Administrators is proposing that an independent consultant be brought in when parents and districts cannot agree. Read Full Post >
December 06, 2012
Parents Want Tighter Online Privacy Laws for Children, Survey Says
Proposed changes to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act would strengthen restrictions for how companies collect personal information about children. Read Full Post >
December 04, 2012
Ratification of Treaty on Rights of Persons With Disabilities Fails
Republican opponents of the measure claimed the measure could threaten U.S. sovereignty and infringe on American parents' rights to raise and homeschool their children as they wish. Read Full Post >
December 03, 2012
Disability Rights, Access to Education Vary Around the World
The fate of American approval of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is unknown as opponents say it will effect the ability of parents in the United States to homeschool their children. Read Full Post >
November 26, 2012
Court: Districts Must Repay Parents for Special Ed. Evals
School districts, under certain circumstances, must reimburse parents for independent educational evaluations of their children with disabilities, a federal court has ruled. Read Full Post >
November 11, 2012
District of Columbia Settles Lawsuit Over Transport of Special Ed. Students
Over the years, a special master had found that some students with disabilities were never picked up or picked up late, missing valuable time in school. Read Full Post >
November 04, 2012
After 30 Years of Special Ed. Law, How Far Have We Really Come?
Talking with a group of foreigners about the U.S. special education system recently, I wondered how well the American system really works. Read Full Post >
October 11, 2012
'Google' Ruling on Digitizing Books a Boon for Blind Readers
In the ruling, Judge Harold Baer specifically cited the benefits that digital content has for people with print disabilities. Meanwhile, Netflix agreed to provide closed captioning on 100 percent of its streaming content within two years. 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 >
