special education

Special Education “Extraordinary Aid”: New Thresholds

NJ Spotlight features today an analysis of Ed. Comm. Cerf’s new proposal, contained in the state’s Education Adequacy Report, of…

12 years ago

New Federal Ruling: Students with Disabilities Must be Enrolled in Local District to Access Services

Last week the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, VA found that, according to the National…

12 years ago

Statehouse Democrats Blast Christie Administration’s 2013 School Funding Formula

 Check out today's NJ Spotlight for the big education news story of the day: the Democrats in the Assembly and…

12 years ago

NJSBA Forms New Special Ed Task Force

Here's Dr. Larry Feinsod, new Executive Director of New Jersey School Boards, on what he regards as one of NJ’s…

12 years ago

NJ’s Special Education Funding: A Canary in a Coal Mine

Let’s just call this Special Education Week. (Here’s my NJ Spotlight piece. Here’s my WHYY piece.). A story just popped…

12 years ago

KIPP’s Camden Application and Special Education

My piece today at WHYY Newsworks examines KIPP's application to the Camden School Board to open several charter schools under…

12 years ago

NJ Special Education: Talking About Costs will Promote Equal Access

My column today in NJ Spotlight is called "Putting a Price on Special Education will Promote Equal Access." Here's the…

12 years ago

New Bill Introduced in NJ Legislature to Study Special Education

Assembly Republican David Rible has introduced a bill that would, according to the press release, would create a task force…

12 years ago

New NJ Special Education Ruling: Providing Appropriate Services to Kids with Autism

A special education case came through the transom last week, courtesy of a group of  parents in Millburn, New Jersey.…

12 years ago

GOP Blunders: Disability Rights and Education Reform

Dana Goldstein has a great piece up about the Congressional Republican caucus’s inexplicably stupid blocking of the U.S.’s adoption of…

12 years ago