Special Education
The NAEP Sounded Red Alert for Students with Disabilities Before Covid-19
Many states had academic disasters unfolding for students with disabilities before the pandemic
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EdStat: All Else Being Equal, Teachers with Classes in which 20 Percent of Students had an Emotional/ Behavioral Disorder were 2.15 Percentage Points More Likely to Leave Their School or Teaching
Teachers are likely a key element in the successful inclusion of students with disabilities (SWDs), but few studies have investigated how general-education teachers are impacted.
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Who Is in Special Education and Who Has Access to Related Services?
New Evidence From the National Survey of Children’s Health
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Race, Poverty, and Interpreting Overrepresentation in Special Education
Research shows that racial and ethnic minority students are less likely to be identified for special education than white students when you take other student characteristics into account.
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Disability Rights Advocates Are Fighting the Wrong Fight on School Choice
Rather than expending effort to fight school choice, we need to focus on fighting for policies that will make choice work well for students with special needs.
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Can Special Ed Be Fixed?
Everybody is scared to touch special education, much less fundamentally alter it.
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The Wrong and Right Ways to Ensure Equity in IDEA
Are U.S. schools over-identifying children for special ed based on their race or ethnicity? The best-available studies find that the opposite is occurring.
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Cheese, Charter Schools & Promising Developments in Special Ed
Why some of the most competent charters are choosing to become their own LEAs and take full responsibility for special education
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Pie in the Special-Ed Sky?
Will the new federal regulatory scheme lead to real change on the ground?
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Behind the Headline: De Blasio Offers Easier Access to City Money for Special Education
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced (under pressure from the state legislature) changes that will make it easier for special-needs students to attend private school at public expense when their parents believe that public schools are not meeting the needs of their children.
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