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Virginia Beach parents enlist help in special education battle
By Lauren RothThe Virginian-Pilot© April 13, 2008VIRGINIA BEACHFor five years, every time Lona Hyde has gone to her son’s school to discuss his special education needs, she’s brought alo...
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The Relationship Between IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
A federal appeals court ruled today that remedies available under the main federal special education law do not limit parents from also pursuing claims under a broader federal law ba...
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Stereotyping Special-Education Students
Stereotyping Special-Education StudentsSunday, January 6, 2008; B06In a Dec. 31 Metro article ["Waiting Too Late to Test? Parents Protest as Area Schools Delay Learning-Disability Screening in Hopes of Avoiding Cos...
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District accused of ignoring abuse
School's Padded Room Upsets Parents Of Special Needs Students: Parents Confront School Board. CHERRY HILL, N.J.Some parents who are alarmed because they just learned about a special room with padded walls and floor conf...
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Obama unveils $18 billion education plan
The Illinois Democrat criticized Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards for not fully funding No Child Left Behind. While outlining his own education proposal to prepare students for college and ...
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Class Action Lawsuit: Judge Orders Sanctions Against School District, Remedies for Kids
by Pamela Wright & Peter WrightCreated: 09/25/07Jamie S. v. Milwaukee Public Schools (E.D. WI, Case # 01-C-928) began in September 2001, when the plaintiffs filed...
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Student Says He Was Beaten Up By His Principal
Monica Balderrama-KFOX News ReporterA high school freshman said he was beaten up by his principal and two security guards on Thursday.His parents feel the staff at the school including the principal are not ...
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SPECIAL REPORT: Complying with disability laws.
Davis Beatty should attend William Fox Elementary - the school his brother and his neighbors attend - a few blocks from his Richmond home. But there are five steps to the Fan District school's front door. C...
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Bad Behavior Does Not Doom Pupils
By BENEDICT CAREYPublished: November 13, 2007Educators and psychologists have long feared that children entering school with behavior problems were doomed to fall behind in the upper grades. But two new studies suggest t...
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Blind toddler granted special education services
Filed by Kay YoungPosted: june 4, 2008 03:57 PM EDTUpdated: June 26, 2008 12:25 AM EDTUPDATE: "She's going to go to school," Kim and Brant Edgar said, thrilled that their daughter Grace will receive specia...
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McCain, Obama want to change No Child law, but in different ways
BY PAT KOSSANThe Arizona RepublicJune 30, 2008Education’s moment in the national political spotlight has come and gone, replaced by a faltering economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanista...
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Calm Down or Else
By BENEDICT CAREYhttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/health/15restraint.html?ref=educationThe children return from school confused, scared and sometimes with bruises on their wrists, arms or face. Many won’t talk about what happened, or...
