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

Guest Contributor November 24, 2020

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

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

Staff Writer November 23, 2020

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

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

Staff Writer November 17, 2020

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

Staff Writer November 10, 2020

It’s not often that NJ Left Behind finds common cause with Education Law Center (ELC) and so, when we concur, it’s worth a mention. Just

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

Staff Writer October 27, 2020

The New Jersey Autism Center of Excellence is asking for help from parents who have children on the autism spectrum and their teachers. Specifically, Principal

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

Staff Writer October 19, 2020

The Center for Reinventing Public Education’s Executive Director Robin Lake and Research Analyst Lanya McKittrick wrote this analysis, which first appeared here. When districts closed

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

Staff Writer October 15, 2020

Today, the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools released the following statement reacting to new data from the Civil Rights Data Collection that shows

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

Laura Waters October 13, 2020

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

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

Laura Waters October 12, 2020

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

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

Laura Waters October 7, 2020

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

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