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Common Core’s Promise Collides With IEP Realities
Special education teachers struggle to make sure individualized education programs align with standards By Christina A. Samuels One of the most promising elements of common academic standards for students with […]
Read MorePARCC Adopts Spec. Ed. Testing Policy For Common Core
By Christina Samuels UPDATE: PARCC has posted online the materials on accommodations for special education students and common-core testing that it made available to its governing board. Please see memo […]
Read MoreSocial Security, SSI Benefits To Rise In 2014
By Michelle Diament Monthly payments will increase next year for people with disabilities receiving benefits from Social Security, including Supplemental Security Income. The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that benefits […]
Read MoreMy Son with Autism “Is Lost in a Sea of standards”
By Valerie Strauss Earlier this year I wrote about a boy in Florida who was forced to take a standardized test even though he was born with a brain stem […]
Read MoreConcerns Raised Over ‘Highly Qualified’ Teachers
By Michelle Diament (Updated: October 28, 2013 at 11:44 AM CT) When Congress acted earlier this month to end the government shutdown, lawmakers also extended a provision that advocates contend […]
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