AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up: 01/18 – 01/22
January 22, 2016
Keeping up with the nation’s education news can seem like a full time job, especially after a week like this. Accelify’s got you covered! Check out our curated collection of the week’s top education stories.
Solving The Special Ed Teacher Shortage: Quality, Not Quantity
All over the United States, schools are scrambling to find qualified special education teachers. There just aren’t enough of them to fill every open position.
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Feds Boost Spending On Special Ed, Disability Programs
Congress last month finally rewrote No Child Left Behind (eight years late) and delivered a new K-12 education law to the country called the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA.
Advocates Demand State End Improper Use Of Force On Special Ed Students
Three advocacy groups issued a demand letter to the California Department of Education on Friday calling on the state to take “quick and decisive” action to eliminate the improper use of force on students with disabilities in classrooms.
Explaining Key Points Of The New K-12 Education Law
With funding gains for special education, housing and other disability programs, advocates say the federal government’s latest budget is a step in the right direction.
Supreme Court Seeks Input On Special Education Matter
The U.S. Supreme Court is asking the Obama administration to weigh in as it considers whether to take up a case brought by the family of a girl with cerebral palsy who sought to bring her service dog to school.
State’s School Funding Plan Spurs Concerns Over Cuts, Special Education
Almost half of school districts in Chicago’s suburbs would lose money under a dramatic proposal to rejigger how the state divvies up money to public schools.
Families In Limbo After Court Puts Education Savings Account Program On Hold
The program, meant to give families like Lara’s an alternative to struggling public schools, was put on hold by a state judge in a months-long legal battle.
EXCLUSIVE: Success Charter Network Schools Formally Accused Of Violating Rights Of Disabled Students
The city’s largest charter school chain has been violating the civil rights of students with disabilities for years.
Study Finds Racial Discrimination In School Gifted Programs
Black students are far less likely to be placed in gifted programs.