This attack did not come out of nowhere. Over the course of five decades, Congress has repeatedly weakened the transformative ...

This tension intersects with another complex policy issue: disproportionality. Federal law flags schools if students from a ...

SOUTHINGTON - The school district is creating an elementary diagnostic classroom at South End School to provide specialized ...

Dear Frustrated Parent: In the absence of the specifics of your situation, here are some general considerations. A school district has the right to suspend a student for at least 10 days while staff ...

Governor Pritzker recently signed two bills into law, expanding accessibility and flexibility within special education. The first, Public Act 102-0703 (House Bill 4365), allows IEP teams to place ...

A hearing by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission this week on minority overrepresentation in special education expanded into a three-hour discussion that touched on parental choice, school officials’ ...

Approximately 26% (3,065) of the 11,583 students in Manchester were receiving special education services through Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) as of Oct. 1, a number well above the 20% of ...

BRIDGEPORT & HARTFORD — Since the pandemic, school districts in Connecticut have seen large increases in the number of special education students. Two weeks ago, legislators from the state’s Select ...

SAN DIEGO — The law says public schools must give students with disabilities the services that meet their individual needs, but parents and districts often disagree on what those services should be or ...