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- Ruling levels the field in school lawsuits By JENNIFER RADCLIFFE A recent Supreme Court ruling strengthens the rights of parents with special-needs children, saying they can fight their own cases — without high-priced lawyers or fear of getting into trouble for practicing law without a license. more...
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- Education Department says states aren't meeting special-ed law's requirements:
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- WASHINGTON – Fourth-fifths of the states are falling short of federal requirements for educating students with disabilities, the Education Department says. The states got their first-ever federal report cards this week judging them on how well they are implementing the nation's main special education law. The state-by-state results were posted on the Education Department's Web site Wednesday... more...
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- New rules let more special-ed students take alternate tests
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- By Greg ToppoThe U.S. Department of Education will allow public schools nationwide to test thousands more disabled students with alternate ? and in many cases simpler ? tests than their classmates take. New regulations, announced Wednesday by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, effectively triple the number of students who can take alternate tests and have their scores count toward a school's ... more...
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- Barbers Hill Special-Ed Teacher Fired
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- HOUSTON -- A special-ed teacher one parent called irreplaceable loses her job at Barbers Hill. FOX 26's Greg Groogan tells us why many believe she's become the casualty of her own caring. more...
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- School officials say autism vouchers could damage their programs. Anna Marabella's classroom is the most expensive to operate at Redland Oaks Elementary. A dividing wall cuts her space into two classrooms. Working with the students are Marabella ? a veteran teacher certified in special education ? and three teacher assistants. At least twice a week, a speech therapist visits. An occupational thera... more...
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- Fenty Submits Plan for Special-Ed Overhaul
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- The courts have found a lack of proper services as a common pattern and practice by Washington D.C. public schools. Jimmy KilpatrickMayor beefs up proposal to take over D.C. public schools by vowing to expand the placement of disabled children in regular classes. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty yesterday beefed up his proposal to take over D.C. public schools by promising to overhaul special education. If... more...
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