Special Needs News & Views (Susan Ohanian Speaks Out)

Special Needs News

Students, teachers weigh in, as 'Left Behind' up for renewal (2007-01-29)
No One Strategy Is Best For Teaching Reading, Professor Shows (2007-01-26)
Schools Keep Many Special Education Students in Separate Classes (2007-01-21)
Weast Plans to Delay Closure of Special Education Centers (2007-01-19)
Vocational Ed Rebounding as an Answer to Dropout Crisis (2007-01-15)
Fairfax vs. 'No Child' Standoff Heats Up (2007-01-11)
What Autism Epidemic? (2007-01-11)
Special Ed Rule Makes It Harder To Reach Goals (2006-12-28)
Fighting for Fairness (2006-12-26)
New Law Requires Insurance Coverage for Mental Ilness [NY] (2006-12-23)
City Special Ed Program Under Scrutiny (2006-12-22)
Special Ed Gets Notice [Michigan] (2006-12-18)
Small Schools Fading Away with Rural Populations (2006-12-17)
On the Job, Learning Disabilities Can Often Hide in Plain Sight (2006-12-17)
Vocational Education is Shifting Focus (2006-12-15)
State Board OKs New Guidelines for Special Ed (2006-12-15)
Special-Ed Changes To Get Trial Run (2006-12-14)
Disabled High School Students Sue Over Lack of 'Transition' Services (2006-12-13)
US Students Lack Hunger (2006-12-12)
Writing Test Scores Show Improvement But With Some Gap (2006-12-12)
Report: More Students Getting Free Breakfast (2006-12-08)
District Takes Care Labeling 'Learning Disabled' (2006-12-07)
Team-Teaching Helps Close Language Gap (2006-12-06)
IU Report: No Child Left Behind Act Too Stringent for Special Education (2006-12-01)
Auditory Repetition Studied in Dyslexia (2006-11-30)
Special Education Directors Hope to Sway Federal Policy (2006-11-29)
Revamped Punishment Plan (2006-11-29)
Secrets of Dyslexia Unlocked (2006-11-27)
LA Schools Fall Short of Special Ed Targets (2006-11-27)
Trying New Ways to Cut Dropout Rates (2006-11-27)
More Colleges Helping with Disabilities (2006-11-26)
Special-Education Students Get Help Planning Ahead (2006-11-22)
What Schools Are Doing to Get 'A' Grade from State [MN] (2006-11-21)
Bad Eyesight in Children Can Lead to Problems at School (2006-11-20)
Standardized Exam Put to the Test (PA) (2006-11-20)
New Test Backed for Special-Ed Students (2006-11-20)
Low Scores Persist for Special Ed Students (in DE) (2006-11-17)
Students Take Pride in Operating Store (2006-11-16)
U.S. Seen as Falling Short on Basic Supports for Children (2006-11-15)
No Child Left Behind is out of step with Special Education (2006-11-15)
Website Targets Disabled Children (2006-11-15)
Academy Encourages Kids' Inner Eggheads (2006-11-14)
Dyslexia Need Not Be a Problem (UK) (2006-11-13)
Region's Schools Stress Special Education (2006-11-12)
Blind 9-year-old leads by example (2006-11-11)
Living with Learning Disabilities: MU Swimmer Copes with Dyslexia, ADD (2006-11-10)
Douglas Schools to License Own Teachers (CO) (2006-11-09)
Boy, Whiz at Trivia, Struggles to Read (2006-11-08)
Regents Approve Program for Learning-Disabled Students (2006-11-08)
State (CA) Not Required to Give Free College Education to Highly Gifted Student Under 16 (2006-11-08)
ADHD Problems and Help (2006-11-07)
A 'Silent Pandemic' of Brain Disorders (2006-11-07)
Kennedy Krieger Awarded $9 Million to Study Learning Disabilities in Growing Ranks of Adolescents (2006-11-06)
Educator's Book Trumps War with Words (2006-11-06)
College Bound Preps Disabled (2006-11-05)
Senior dropout rate rises slightly after exit exam's premiere (2006-11-04)
Film Crew Comes to Kildonan for Documentary [about dyslexia] (2006-11-03)
MCAT Must Accommodate Disabled, Judge Rules (2006-11-03)
Maharashtra Orders Concessions for Students with Learning Disorders [India] (2006-11-01)
Sleep Treatment Helps Teen Live Normal Life (2006-11-01)
Poor Reading Skills Raise Teen Suicide Risk (2006-11-01)
Gallaudet Controversy Exposes Debate Over 'Deaf Culture' (2006-10-31)
Dyslexic Students Offered TAKS Help (2006-10-31)
Behavioral Training of Parents Reduces Office Visits and Need for Polypharmacy in ADHD (2006-10-31)
Chris Dendy Offers Hope [if you or someone you love has ADHD] (2006-10-30)
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Mind [OCD] (2006-10-29)
Gallaudet's Incoming President Removed (2006-10-29)
High Costs of Special Needs (2006-10-29)
Delaware Drop-out Rate Frustratingly High; Students Offer Many Reasons for Leaving School (2006-10-29)
Young Offenders Struggle with Learning (2006-10-26)
Special Needs for the Gifted Student (2006-10-26)
School Clinics Movement Grows to Deliver Care to Children (2006-10-26)
Children's Book Author Takes Stage [As Artist-in-Residence] (2006-10-26)
Education Conference Future in Doubt (2006-10-25)
Area Agency Receives Funding [to identify Hispanic preschool children with possible LD] (2006-10-25)
Sending the Baby to a Shrink (2006-10-24)
Can't focus? Maybe it's multi-tasking, or maybe it's your brain (2006-10-24)
Special Ed Director Vows To Be Responsive (2006-10-24)
ADHD Ignores Gender (2006-10-23)
Study: Some Preschoolers Can Use Ritalin (2006-10-20)
Special-ed Teacher Here Chosen for All-USA Team (2006-10-19)
Special Ed To Get Modified PSSA (2006-10-19)
Dyslexia is a language-based disorder (2006-10-18)
Researchers Say They Have Found a Gene Linked to the Development of Autism (2006-10-17)
Not playing around: Scientists say video games can reshape education (2006-10-17)
Reading Expert Points Out Dyslexics Often More Creative and Intelligent (2006-10-16)
Peninsula Schools Use Taxis to Transport Special Needs Kids (2006-10-16)
Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism (2006-10-16)
Educators: Cuts Hurting All Students, Including Special Education (2006-10-15)
New Small Schools Are Failing on Special Education (2006-10-13)
Young Workers with Dyslexia, ADD Find Office Less Accommodating than School (2006-10-12)
Dealing with Dyslexia: Student gives inside look at his struggle (2006-10-12)
The Handwriting Is on the Wall (2006-10-11)
Cultivating Gifted Students (2006-10-11)
Experiencing Learning Disabilities (2006-10-11)
Special Education Retooled (2006-10-11)
Study to Focus on Causes of Autism (2006-10-09)
Special Ed: Needs Improvement (2006-10-09)
Changing Child's Handwriting Improves Behaviour (2006-10-07)
Does Your Child Have ADHD? (2006-10-05)
Disabled Kids Left in Lurch after CPS' Budget Cuts: Suit (2006-10-04)
Measure Extends Disabled Student Exit Exam Waiver (CA) (2006-10-04)
Examine High Numbers in Special Ed in Iowa (2006-10-01)
Parents Push the New Abnormal (2006-10-01)
MRI Explores Mystery of Dyslexia (2006-09-28)
Public Schools Open Their Doors to Autism in NJ (2006-09-27)
Parents Give Special Ed Failing Grade (2006-09-27)
Judging Autism (2006-09-27)
Making the Leap from School to Independence (2006-09-26)
List Tags Schools That Don't Make the Grade (2006-09-24)
Teacher Training Is Chaotic, Study Says (2006-09-19)
Oregon Resubmits Growth Model Proposal to USDE (2006-09-19)
Many Kids' ADHD LInked to Lead, Prenatal Smoking (2006-09-18)
Can ISTEP be fair to special education? (2006-09-18)
Many ADHD Pupils Excluded (2006-09-18)
Students aren't interchangeable (2006-09-18)
The Meaning of Deafness: Parents Must Choose Among Education Philosophies (2006-09-17)
Police Stop Wisconsin School Shooting Attack (2006-09-15)
Savants: Charting 'islands of genius' (2006-09-15)
Nourishing the Super Kid (2006-09-15)
Feds offer states flexibility in testing limited-English students (2006-09-14)
New Battles Looming over English-learners (2006-09-14)
Workout for mind and body (2006-09-13)
Brainteaser: Scientists Dissect Mystery of Genius (2006-09-12)
High School Dropouts Earn Far Less Money (2006-09-12)
Brainteaser: Scientists Dissect Mystery of Genius (2006-09-12)
Brainteaser: Scientists Dissect Mystery of Genius (2006-09-09)
Ask Science: School Refusal Behavior (2006-09-01)
Attention Parents, Students With Disabilities, and their Teachers in Washington State (2006-07-30)
Functional Assessment: A Positive Approach to Misbehavior at School (2006-07-20)
New Rulings Clarify Job Protections (2006-07-06)
NYC Accused of Neglecting Students with Disabilities (2006-06-18)
Autism's Parent Trap (2006-06-05)
Nonlawyer Father Wins His Suit Over Education, and the Bar Is Upset (2006-05-06)
Group Opposes New Testing Rules for Special Needs Children (2006-04-20)
Poisoning our children (2006-04-10)
How 4 people turned learning disabilities into stories of success, fortune and happiness (2006-04-09)
Starting Over (2006-03-28)
Joshua's Tough Questions for His Mother (2006-03-17)
A MUST READ for all who question! (2006-03-16)
Moms find it's tough to change a law (2006-03-12)
Autistics face rough road in Las Vegas (2006-03-11)
Writing Disabilities: An Overview (2006-03-08)
Attention Surplus? Re-examining a Disorder (2006-03-07)
In Boston, special ed students find barrier to mainstream classes (2006-03-01)
Fast track at Gifted High (2006-02-22)
Extra-special education at public expense (2006-02-19)
Dyslexic children given a helping hand on TAKS; Such students will now get more time, assistance on reading portion (2006-02-15)
Conflicting Needs at Md. School A Restraining Order Is Keeping a Boy With Down Syndrome From Classes, But His Parents Dispute the Frederick System's Claim That He's Dangerous (2006-02-11)
A Class Struggle: City Inclusion Effort Brings Serious Problems (2006-02-05)
The Voices of Their Children (2006-02-05)
Q&A /PETE WRIGHT: 'Kids are . . . teaching-disabled' (2006-02-02)
Judge rips state on care for mentally ill children (2006-01-27)
Changes draw some criticism (2006-01-25)
Special-ed test scores stir scrutiny of Clayton (2006-01-09)
City system threatened with charges over makeup services (2006-01-05)
Eli's Choice (2005-12-31)
Drastic moves: Some special ed students to leave state to graduate (2005-12-27)
Down syndrome barriers falling with new college-degree opportunities (2005-12-20)
A Wisconsin Story (2005-12-15)
A Hedge-Fund Titan's Millions Stir Up Research Into Autism (2005-12-14)
College opportunities expand for disabled (2005-12-11)
Special-needs students still are left behind (2005-12-10)
Learning-Disabled Students Blossom in Blended Classes (2005-11-30)
Special Education and Minorities (2005-11-20)
Special Education Ruling's Effects Unclear (2005-11-17)
Parents Carry Burden of Proof in School Cases, Court Rules (2005-11-15)
New TAKS attempt to satisfy federal special-ed requirements (2005-11-13)
Tests pose a special challenge: Learning disabilities won't spare students from exam (2005-10-31)
Smart, Robotic Toys May One Day Diagnose Autism At Early Age (2005-10-26)
The Infinite Mind: Asperger's Syndrome, Part One of Two (2005-10-19)
Young Woman With Disabilities Plans Her Wedding (2005-10-11)
Parents fear ruling may keep their son out of special school: Bucking the inclusion trend (2005-10-09)
Parents fear ruling may keep their son out of special school: Bucking the inclusion trend (2005-10-09)
California Governor vetoes high school exit exam exemptions (2005-10-08)
The Doctor, The Father, The Movie and the Medicine: Cast apart by 'Lorenzo's Oil,' Two unlikely collaborators Write their own sequel (2005-10-08)
High Court to Hear Maryland Special-Ed Case: Parents, Montgomery Schools Split on Who Must Prove Teaching Plans Will Work (2005-10-05)
AYP Rules Miss Many in Spec.Ed., More Students Left Out of Accountability Ratings (2005-09-21)
Emotionally challenged students and their parents savor every victory (2005-09-18)
Area schools finding hitch in special ed: NCLB testing rules make it hard to succeed (2005-09-12)
Research Trends: Is there a link between LD and juvenile delinquency? (2005-08-31)
Breaking the silence: Mother Helps Parents with Autistic Kids (2005-08-28)
Plan Would Delay Exit Exam for Special Education Students (2005-08-27)
Federal Judge Approves Record $6.7 Million Settlement in Special Ed Case (2005-08-19)
Special ed: Next big challenge (2005-08-15)
Parents become studied experts, tireless advocates (2005-08-07)
Md. Seeks Role In Special-Ed For Baltimore; City Says Move Is Political (2005-07-26)
Fighting for special education: Parents question whether kids get services ordered for them (2005-07-26)
Burden of proof yet an issue to be settled (2005-07-24)
LAUSD fails its special students (2005-07-21)
No Vaccine-Autism Link, Parents Are Told (2005-07-20)
Room for J: A Family Struggles with Schizophrenia (2005-07-15)
Ruling hobbles school district (2005-07-14)
Mexican Folk Artist, Brilliant and Cursed, (2005-07-13)
Special-Needs Students To Mix In (2005-07-03)
On Autism's Cause, It's Parents vs. Research (2005-06-25)
"The world just fell out from under me" (2005-06-16)
How Young Is Too Young To Diagnose Autism? (2005-06-09)
Is the MCAS test unfair to special-needs students? (2005-06-09)
Study on Special Education Finds Low Graduation Rate (2005-06-03)
Statement on RSA Meeting (2005-05-24)
U.S. Provides Rules to States for Testing Special Pupils (2005-05-11)
Manhattan Charter School to Serve the Autistic (2005-05-04)
New Course Will Broaden Students' Social Circles (2005-05-01)
The Possibility of a Friendship (2005-05-01)
A School that Serves All Abilities (2005-04-29)
Big Education Changes Coming (2005-04-28)
Amid Affluence, a Struggle Over Special Education (2005-04-24)
First Steps: Special Program Helps Students Get Moving Mentally, Physically (2005-04-24)
'Evidence of Harm': What Caused the Autism Epidemic? (2005-04-17)
A Mind of Their Own (2005-04-15)
'No Child' shifts for group of students (2005-04-08)
The Assortative Mating Theory: A Talk with Simon Baron-Cohen and Responses from the Reality Club (2005-04-05)
Blind Student Earns Medical Degree, Sees No Limits (2005-04-02)
Hager Is Strictly Business in Special Education Role (2005-03-30)
NCLB Standards a Tough Task for Schools Like Lyle Torrant (2005-03-27)
Report Backs Disabled Students (2005-03-21)
Opal Petty, 86, Patient Held 51 Years Involuntarily in Texas, Dies (2005-03-17)
Possible Mercury, Autism Connection Found in Study (2005-03-17)
The Gift Of ADHD? (2005-03-14)
Mysterious Minds: Autistic Kids' Parents Have More Questions Than Answers (2005-03-13)
2 Mothers, 2 Kids, 1 Diagnosis: Money Makes the Difference (2005-03-06)
Standard Curriculum Called Prescription for Failure (2005-03-05)
County Schools Have Spent Fortune On Autism Case -- And Lost (2005-03-03)
County Schools Spent $2,280,000 On One Lawsuit: Here is the Court's Decision (2005-03-03)
As Autistic Children Grow, So Does Social Gap (2005-02-26)
High Court to Hear Maryland Special-Ed Case: Schools Must Prove Adherence to Disabilities Law, Suit Asserts (2005-02-23)
Preschool Targets Autistic Students (2005-02-14)
Together, Parents Promote Better Special Education (2005-02-11)
Special Ed Gets AIMS Break (2005-02-10)
Autism Cases Soar in California--Scientists Search for Cause (2005-02-04)
Autism Network Seeks to Improve Level of Care Nationwide (2005-02-03)
Section 504 - Helping Disabled Students (2005-01-28)
Did ADHD Study Miss the Mark? (2005-01-24)
New York State and Federal Government Label Schools Failing While Failing Our Children (2005-01-23)
Lying, Obstruction Cited in Sanctions for Law Firm (2005-01-18)
Math Set Him Free (2005-01-16)
Schools Put to Test (2005-01-16)
Skeletons in the Closet? Well, Some Are in the Basement (2005-01-08)
One Boy's Journey Out of Autism's Grasp (2004-12-29)
To Treat Autism, Parents Take a Leap of Faith (2004-12-27)
Battling Insurers Over Autism Treatment (2004-12-21)
How About Not 'Curing' Us, Some Autistics Are Pleading (2004-12-20)
Hearing System Favors School Districts (2004-12-14)
She Has a Unique Gift for Special-Needs Kids (2004-12-13)
In Special Ed, Silence Speaks Volumes (2004-12-05)
A Winning 'Inclusion' Formula (2004-12-03)
Reauthorized IDEA Could Shift Power to School Districts (2004-12-01)
Plan aims to integrate Palm Beach County Special-Needs Students as Much as Possible (2004-11-30)
My son is so exceptional it's breaking my heart (2004-11-29)
Schools Stumped Over Contradictory Testing Regulations (2004-11-21)
On the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (2004-11-19)
A Few Questions about Special Education Update (2004-11-19)
Conferees Pass Compromise for 6.5 Million Special Education Pupils (2004-11-18)
Activists Probe $pecial Ed (2004-11-10)
School Officials Mull Special Education Standards (2004-11-09)
Arundel Plan for Special-Ed Schools Raises Parent Fears (2004-11-08)
Beautiful Music (2004-11-07)
For Families of Autistic, the Fight for Ordinary (2004-10-22)
'Tard and Feathered: How Did "Let's Get Retarded" turn into "Let's Get It Started"? (2004-10-07)
Making the Grade No Easy Task: Debate Simmers Over Special Education Student Standards (2004-09-20)
F. D. A. Links Drugs to Being Suicidal (2004-09-14)
The Lessons of Classroom 506 (2004-09-12)
School Achievement Reports Often Exclude the Disabled (2004-08-30)
Alaska Agrees to Let Disabled Have Help on a School Exam (2004-08-03)
Parents' Suit Claims Inadequacy (2004-08-03)
District in Special Education Dispute (2004-08-03)
Grassroots Parent Group To File Federal Civil Suit Against Edison Schools, The New York State Board of Regents, New York State Department of Education, and 12 Long Island School Districts (2004-08-02)
Sharp Increase in Autism Sparks a Crisis in Schools (2004-08-01)
Students' Suit on Special Ed Becomes Class Action (2004-07-30)
For a Change, Do Right Thing for Children in City Schools (2004-07-23)
4 Students With Learning Disabilities Sue Over Medical-School Admission Test (2004-07-20)
Defending The Schools Chancellor (2004-07-15)
Thank You, Casis, for Letting Meredith Go (2004-07-12)
MA Portfolios Help Few with Disabilities (2004-07-12)
New York City Retools Special Education, but Pupils Slip Through Cracks (2004-07-04)
Michigan Students with Cognitive Disabilities Meet or Exceed Test Standards (2004-07-03)
Parent of Boy with ADHD Files Lawsuit (2004-07-02)
When Class Order And Special Needs Clash (2004-06-27)
Drug Maker Acknowledges Some Negative Test Results (2004-06-26)
Education Ruling To Be Appealed: County Does Not Want to Provide Special Education for Boy with ADHD (2004-06-22)
Antidepressants Restudied for Relation to Child Suicide (2004-06-20)
New York Special Ed Students Get Summer Make Up Sessions (2004-06-09)
Advice for Perplexed Parents of Late Talkers (2004-06-08)
Special Education Faulted: Schools Told to Shape Up (2004-05-19)
Senate Approves Special Education Measure (2004-05-14)
The Disability Movement Turns to Brains (2004-05-09)
Why Don't We Call Them Quirky? (2004-05-03)
Answer, but No Cure, for a Social Disorder That Isolates Many (2004-04-29)
Parents Protest Montgomery Official's Special-Ed Jokes (2004-04-27)
All Kids Count; None Should Be Diminished (2004-04-26)
Nolo's IEP Guide (2004-04-25)
A Job for Sarah (2004-04-18)
This First-Grade Class a Mixture of 'Special' and Regular--and All Thrive (2004-04-14)
Strange Bedfellows (2004-04-08)
Beware Subjective Diagnosis (2004-04-07)
Parents See No Humor In Skit on Special-Ed (2004-03-31)
Parents See No Humor In Skit on Special-Ed (2004-03-30)
Student Takes Different Path to University (2004-03-30)
Montgomery County's Parents Group Cries Foul Over Attorney's Jokes (2004-03-28)
Call Your Senators about IDEA (2004-03-24)
Philadelphia School District Sued Over Special-Needs Cases (2004-03-24)
IDEA: Have You Contacted Your Congressional Representative? Do It NOW (2004-03-21)
Public Policy and the Shaping of Disability: Incidence Growth in Educational Autism (2004-03-16)
Chicago Parents Fear Special-Ed Upheaval (2004-03-11)
Researchers Retract a Study Linking Autism to Vaccination (2004-03-04)
Cuts Kentucky board will vote on [Note the amount of sp ed teachers to go] (2004-02-26)
Pupils Seem to Disappear in Shambles of Special Ed (2004-02-25)
Lifting the Veils of Autism, One by One by One (2004-02-24)
Lifting the Veils of Autism, One by One by One (2004-02-24)
Certificate rewards job skills, not marks (2004-02-20)
New York City Trying to Shut Up Complainers (2004-02-18)
Vouchers--may well begin with Special Education, following Florida's example (2004-02-15)
Does the practice suggest voucher bill isn't needed? (2004-02-14)
Note: it's not what is good for kids that counts, but what is good for re-election. (2004-02-14)
Hey kids! 7 years is too long to master a second language! (2004-02-12)
Special-needs Kids to Take AIMS at Their Skill Level (2004-02-10)
'I Know I Can Do It': Sports Are For Disabled Children, Too (2004-02-10)
Worry about one end of the scale just as much as the other--the Gifted just like the Learning Disabled have it rough at school. (2004-02-08)
Special Autism Class a Hit with Kids, Parents (2004-02-06)
Seeking Help for Autistic Children (5 Letters) (2004-02-02)
Here's another approach to getting vouchers into use! (2004-01-28)
Most States Have Same Content Standards for Students With and Without Disabilities (2004-01-28)
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Sometimes, teachers have special needs too, like learning when to quit. (2004-01-15)
(Wouldn't you love to have a school system based on 'corporate interest'? (2004-01-15)
NEWSFLASH: WE HAVE LOCATED SOME HEROES! (2004-01-14)
Florida students with disabilities take the FCAT (2004-01-12)
Dyslexia and dollars (Sorry --you can't have both in Texas) (2004-01-11)
Customized reading lessons on a computer (but only if the school is wealthy enough to have computers and the students are not part of the transiency problem) (2004-01-11)
Let's pack those 3rd grades full of repeaters--as if that ever helped anyone (2004-01-09)
SEGREGATION LIVES AND THRIVES IN MAJOR CITIES ACROSS AMERICA! (2004-01-09)
Ah, Wm Bennett rises again, but only in the last sentence. (2004-01-09)
Special Ed Students, Schools Put To Test (2004-01-08)
It's all about what tests are used; it's all about vocabulary used (2004-01-08)
Trials End Parents' Hopes for Autism Drug (2004-01-06)
UTAH--Republican UTAH! is actually thinking of opting out of NCLB! (2003-12-30)
School System Suspends Fairness (2003-12-28)
Final NCLB Rules Allow Alternate Assessments (2003-12-10)
Feds to Announce New Rule for Students with the Most Severe Learning Problems (2003-12-04)
Special Ed, the Mainstream, and NCLB (2003-12-03)
Special Ed Has No Place in Tennessee District (2003-11-27)
Is Your Child Being Sent Out of the Classroom Without Your Knowledge (2003-11-23)
Educating Hunter, a Child of Autism (2003-11-12)
Charles Schwab Didn't Let Dyslexia Stop Him (2003-11-11)
Parents Propose Charter School for Autistic Children (2003-11-10)
Very Special Ed (2003-11-09)
Special Education: Including Ashley (2003-11-09)
Research on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (2003-11-04)
Special Ed Testing Plan Raises Ire (2003-11-03)
Reining in Special Education (2003-08-31)
Landmark, Class-action Lawsuit Felt in Education of Mentally Retarded in Connecticut (2003-08-19)
Michigan Mom Worries Overhaul of IDEA Will Harm Kids (2003-08-04)
Test Question No. 1: Why Have These Tests? (2003-07-14)
Autisitic Teen at Center of Battle (2003-07-12)
Where Special Education Services Are Truly Special (2003-07-09)
PPI 21st Century Schools Likes Some Vouchers But Not Others (2003-06-25)
Abbott Reforms Are Producing Strong Gains (2003-06-22)
The Question Few People Will Ask: "How Do You Work Toward an Unattainable Goal?" (2003-06-11)
Rethinking special education (2003-06-08)
Success Is Made in Different Ways (2003-01-04)
Vaccine additive linked to brain damage in children: Mercury-based preservative tied to autism, ADHD, U.S. resaearchers say (2002-02-05)
Do the school suspensions rise right before testing time? Makes one pause... (2001-01-15)
So what if they are qualified as Special Ed--they can score as high as everyone else, says the government. (2001-01-08)
Should kids be given antidepressants? (2001-01-05)
Data Disconnect (2000-12-18)
PARENTS URGE SENATE NOT TO VOTE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW (2000-02-19)
It seems as if the Senate has a disability as IDEA plods along (2000-01-06)
Different Teachers, Different Methods (0000-00-00)
New Federal Battle Over Disciplining Students (0000-00-00)
Michigan Child Welfare: Serving Special Kids (0000-00-00)
This is long, long, long. But, for those who want to know, readable and worth reading. (0000-00-00)
Not Separate, but Equal (0000-00-00)
Nature Deficit (0000-00-00)
'No Child Left Behind' lawsuit dismissed (0000-00-00)
Sending kids away (0000-00-00)
The Special Education Muckraker (0000-00-00)
In New Jersey, by law, free, public Alternative Ed is extended to age 20 (0000-00-00)
Voucher schools: Special Ed kids get nothing special (0000-00-00)
Still Separate, Still Unequal (0000-00-00)
My Daughter and Standardized Tests (0000-00-00)
Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: Unique Challenges and Reasons for Hope (0000-00-00)