Students with Disabilities

This is How School Boards Victimize Parents and Their Children with Disabilities

Tara Murphy is a SPAN Resource Parent, a Volunteer Advocacy Ambassador for Autism Speaks, member of the Council of Parent…

4 years ago

“You Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure”: Civil Rights Groups Plead for Feds to Require Standardized Testing This Spring

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, the clock is soon-to-be-Ex-Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos,…

4 years ago

Teaneck Dad of Special Needs Son Bemoans Last-Minute Decision To Reverse School Reopening

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4 years ago

Calling All Special Needs Parents: The NJ Supreme Court Wants To Hear From You!

It's not often that NJ Left Behind finds common cause with Education Law Center (ELC) and so, when we concur,…

4 years ago

Calling All Parents/Teachers Of Children With Autism: Your Help Is Needed.

The New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence is asking for help from parents who have children on the autism spectrum…

4 years ago

It’s ‘Unconscionable’ That Special Education Is an Afterthought in School District Plans

The Center for Reinventing Public Education's Executive Director Robin Lake and Research Analyst Lanya McKittrick wrote this analysis, which first…

4 years ago

NCSECS: Harsh Disciplinary Practices For Students With Disabilities Rises Once Again

Today, the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools released the following statement reacting to new data from the Civil…

4 years ago

What Does It Mean When a Seven-Year-Old With Autism Is Physically Assaulted By a School Resource Officer?

Okay. This is personal. As the mom of a son with disabilities who, while not formally diagnosed as autistic has…

4 years ago

“Unlike Most Parents, We Want To Outlive Our Children.”

That’s a parent speaking to Paul Aronsohn, Ombudsman for Individuals with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities and Their Families. As required,…

4 years ago

I Thought Vouchers Were Wrong, But Now I Realize They Helped My Son

Recently I wrote that a residency hearing with two children, Kayla and Tasha, represented to me our deeply-embedded structural inequities…

4 years ago