special education

NJ Special Education Update: Christie Will Get a Briefing

Two weeks ago the Star-Ledger printed an expose on NJ’s  “$600 million industry” of private special education schools, which many…

11 years ago

Do Charter School Discriminate Against Special Needs Kids?

One of the common complaints about charter schools is that they discriminate against kids with disabilities, “creaming off” non-disabled kids…

11 years ago

NJ’s Private Special Education Schools: Auditor Finds “Exorbitant Salaries” to Top Administrators

Speaking of administrative salaries, NJ Spotlight reports today that the NJ State Auditor has released a report that says “at…

12 years ago

Education Law Center’s Beef with Magnet Schools

NJ’s Education Law Center is celebrating an agreement between Cape May County Technical Board of Education and the NJ Division…

12 years ago

Are Wealthy White Kids Over-Diagnosed with Autism? Are We Cheating Poor Minority Children?

A new study out from the Journal of Special Education (hat tip, Christina Samuels) finds that there is a “disproportionate…

12 years ago

QOD: NJSBA Ex. Dir. on NJ’s Special Education Costs

Dr. Larry Feinsod:  In January, NJSBA formed a task force to review our state’s current process for funding and providing…

12 years ago

Trenton Special Ed Update: “Everything Must Change”

From today’s Trenton Times:Two weeks after a teacher’s aide complained that the school district’s Life Skills program did little more…

12 years ago

More on Trenton’s Special Education “Warehouse of Hopelessness”

The Times of Trenton Editorial Board  opines that Trenton Public Schools’ in-district special education classes are “more like a 19th…

12 years ago

Trenton’s “Forgotten Bunch”: Special Education In-District Students

Yesterday’s Trenton Times featured an article on Trenton Public Schools’ Life Skills program, which, in addition to continuing required adapted…

12 years ago

Do NJ Kids Do Better in Private Special Education Schools?

A report commissioned by ASAH, the NJ consortium of private special education schools found that students in these out-of-district placements…

12 years ago