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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...
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...
An Updated Primer of Special Education Law
Content type: Journal Article
Teachers and parents often find special education law complex and confusing. As one step for a basic foundation in special education law, a previous TEC article (Zirkel, 2005) provided a snapshot of the “top 5 case concepts” based on 10 decisions from the...
Defining Educational Benefit: An Update on the U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017)
Content type: Journal Article
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in a special education case, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. In this seminal case, the High Court addressed the degree of educational benefit necessary in order for a school district to...
Unequal and Increasingly Unfair: How Federal Policy Creates Disparities in Special Education Funding
Content type: Journal Article
The formula used to allocate federal funding to states for special education is one of IDEA's most critical components. The formula serves as the primary mechanism for dividing available federal dollars among states and represents policy makers’ intent to...