special education

Lakewood Update: Principal Says He Lied to Keep Kids with Disabilities In-District

Today’s story on Lakewood Public Schools in the Asbury Park Press concerns a blind and deaf minority student with serious…

13 years ago

The Economics of Autism Education in New Jersey

That's the topic of my post at WHYY's Newsworks today. Check it out here.

13 years ago

Quote of the Day

Today’s New York Times on new DOE data that shows that minority students, especially black boys, face harsher discipline measures…

13 years ago

NJ’s Special Ed Classification Rate and Funding Issues

Another new analysis, this one based on a report from the U.S. DOE, unpacks discrepancies among states regarding the percentage…

13 years ago

NJ’s Extremely Segregated Special Education System

Earlier this week I commented on Dr. Bruce Baker’s description of New Jersey’s historical preference for the “extreme segregation” of…

13 years ago

Out-Of-District Placements in Trenton

This morning’s Trenton Times highlights a new initiative from Trenton Public Schools to try to lessen the expense of educating…

13 years ago

NJ’s Special Education Inequities

The Record has a two-part piece (here and here) on a new trend among NJ school districts: serving students with…

13 years ago

NJ Special Ed Funding Verdict: Broken

The NJ State DOE has just released a report commissioned by Denver-based Augenblick Palaich and Associates (APA), which seeks to…

13 years ago

Winerip the Manichaean

Poor Michael Winerip, every ed reformer’s favorite punching bag. The long-time New York Times columnist plods the Gotham edu-beat like…

13 years ago

Special Ed Zugzwang in Moorestown

An interesting special education case blew through the transom this week, Moorestown Board of Education v. S.D. and C.D. on…

13 years ago