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Administration Puts Public Education Directly in the Crosshairs
Content type: News
Posted:
11 February, 2020
Last Tuesday during the State of the Union Address, America’s public schools took center stage. As part of the central theme for the evening, which was to “improve the status of every American,” the President said that millions of children were trapped in...
Who Is the Parent?
Content type: Journal Article
Parental participation is a critical feature of IDEA, however the question of “who” is a parent often presents a challenge. With regard to educational decisions, states may include more options under the definition of a parent than those provided in the...
Analysis Shows Federal Share of IDEA Costs Will Decline in FY 2020
Content type: News
Posted:
28 January, 2020
Despite the $400 million increase in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part B grants to states provided by Congress for Fiscal Year 2020, a comparison of the cost of educating students with disabilities shows the federal share of the cost...
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue Oral Arguments Begin Today
Content type: News
Posted:
22 January, 2020
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments in a landmark school choice case, Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which focuses on the constitutionality of school vouchers for use at religious schools.
Specific Learning Disability and Response to Intervention: State-Level Guidance
Content type: Journal Article
This study investigates how state departments of education are defining response to intervention (RTI) assessment processes as they relate to specific learning disability (SLD) eligibility 5 years after the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA...
Which Procedural Parts of the IEP Process Are the Most Judicially Vulnerable?
Content type: Journal Article
To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP...
Explaining the Decline in Special Education Teacher Employment From 2005 to 2012
Content type: Journal Article
Demand for special education teachers grew continuously from the passage of Public Law 94-142 in 1975 through 2005, when this trend reversed. From 2005 to 2012, the number of special education teachers employed by U.S. schools declined by >17%. The primary...
IDEA’s Double Bind: A Synthesis of Disproportionality Policy Interpretations
Content type: Journal Article
Disproportionality research has been subject to multiple reviews, but there has been less critical examination of the policy dimension of this enduring educational problem. Given the relevance of federal policies, and interpretations thereof, to educators’...
Child Find Activities Under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: Recent Case Law
Content type: Journal Article
Although child find activities has been a fundamental requirement under IDEA for decades, school personnel occasionally fail to implement this requirement despite clear signs of academic and behavioral problems exhibited by students, potentially indicative...
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017) FAPE and the U.S. Supreme Court
Content type: Journal Article
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. This case, coming 35 years after the Supreme Court’s first special education decision in Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central...