by Dan DeMarle | May 9, 2025 | Special Education
“As the Trump administration continues to downsize and dismantle government agencies, the Department of Education could be next on the chopping block. At stake are resources for more than seven million students with disabilities who depend on the agency to...
by Dan DeMarle | May 9, 2025 | Special Education
by Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times/TNS “California joined seven Democrat-led states that sued the Trump administration late last week, seeking to halt hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to teacher training programs designed to increase instructors in...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 28, 2025 | Special Education
“Average scores for students with disabilities held steady or declined, though data shows some progress at the state and local level.” Kara Arundel’ “Math and reading scores declined or held steady for special education students on the 2024...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 27, 2025 | Section 504, Special Education
By Peter Greene, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in September of 1973. Section 504 of that act codified the civil rights of persons with disabilities. “No otherwise qualified individual” can be, simply because of their...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 24, 2025 | Alternative Assessment, Alternative Assessment, NYS Testing/Regents exams, School Districts, Special Education, Uncategorized
“New York State students who take alternate assessments through high school cannot earn a diploma.” By Sarah Komar – February 9, 2025 From Chalkbeat “Before starting at his Harlem high school, Jeurry always assumed he was progressing...
by Dan DeMarle | Apr 22, 2025 | Employment, Special Education, Transition
by Meredith Kolodner, The Hechinger Report | February 6, 2025 “There’s a half-billion-dollar federal program that is supposed to help students with disabilities get into the workforce when they leave high school, but most parents — and even some school officials...
