Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 27. April 2012 02:07
On April 26, 2012, Education Week reported online that Illinois law enforcement officials called on State legislators to increase spending for preschools. The Cook County Sheriff, a State prosecutor, and three police chiefs warned that if Illinois does not “beef up spending [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 27. April 2012 02:02
An April 24, 2012 Associated Press article reported that some states, spurred by education reform incentives for more effective teacher evaluation systems, are encountering challenges in establishing criteria for the evaluation of special education teachers. Some [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 27. April 2012 01:59
An April 2012 report, Review of Special Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, revealed that low-income students are considerably more likely than other students to be determined eligible for special education. The report also revealed that low-income students with disabilities and Hispanic and African American students with disabilities are considerably less likely to be included in general education classrooms. [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 20. April 2012 01:38
In an April 19, 2012 statement, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced the release of the President Obama Administration’s blueprint for the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (CTE). The CTE, signed by former President George W. Bush, provided federal support to increase focus on the academic achievement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education students, strengthen the connections [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 20. April 2012 01:34
An April 17, 2012 Education Week article reported that the 12 winners of the $4 billion Race to the Top (RTT) competition had spent only about 14 percent of the awards by the end of March; most of what had been spent outside of individual education departments went toward obtaining consultants. The article cited RTT proposal implementation challenges as one reason for the slow spending, but added that Department of Education (ED) officials are seeing increasing momentum [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 12. April 2012 23:50
In an April 9, 2012 press release, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $133 million for another state-level Race to the Top – Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) competition. In 2011, 35 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico submitted RTT-ELC applications; [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 10. April 2012 01:35
In an April 4, 2012 letter to the Center for Law and Education, the U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) withdrew its June 16, 2011 informal guidance on the maintenance of effort (MOE) requirement for local education agencies (LEA) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 5. April 2012 00:10
Based on a March 30, 2012 report analyzing 2008 data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 88 U.S. children has been identified as having autism spectrum disorder (ASD). According to the report, this is an overall increase of 78 percent from 2002 to 2008. According to the Executive Summary, the report’s key findings regarding [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 5. April 2012 00:04
On March 26, 2012, a Florida U.S. District Court judge ordered the State Medicaid agency to “provide, fund, and authorize Applied Behavioral Analysis treatment … to all Medicaid-eligible persons under the age of 21 in Florida who have been diagnosed with autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder as prescribed by a physician or other licensed practitioner.” [More]
Author: Patsy Crawford | Posted: 28. March 2012 21:51
In notices published in the Federal Register on March 27, 2012, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) invited applications for a third round of its Investing in Innovation (i3) competitive grant program. School districts and nonprofit organizations in partnership with schools or school districts are eligible to compete for a portion of the nearly $150 million i3 fund [More]
