Justine Kattouf is a Maplewood student with profound autism; Covid-school closures and subsequent remote learning were a disaster for him. He would wake up every
NJ Education Report has received, through an anonymous source, a formal complaint against the Lakewood Public Schools (LPS). The complaint was filed with the U.S.
Twenty years ago my husband and I were faced with a challenge: Jonah, our then-three-year-old who has Fragile X Syndrome, was attending a county-run preschool
At last night’s public meeting of the Elizabeth Board of Education, former special education teacher Luann Breese charged school board members and Superintendent Olga Hugelmeyer
Katharine Hart of Medford Lakes has a son who just turned three years old, a preschooler who became eligible for special education services beginning in
NJ Education Report hears regularly from Asbury Park staff members about their struggles in this district but not often from parents. However this week Asbury
Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA), founder of Parenting Frontier, and
Two weeks ago I wrote about Maria Lorenz of Elizabeth who has two children on the autism spectrum in New Jersey’s third largest school district.
We’ve been marginalized. We don’t matter. We are the leftovers. That’s Maria Lorenz, mother of Juan and Pablo (not their real names) who are classified
If you have a child with disabilities like me, you’re not alone: According to the latest data, over 7 million American schoolchildren — 14% of