Are charter schools bad at special ed? Washington Post (blog) By Jay Mathews Critics say public charter schools have an unfair advantage over regular public schools because they are less likely to have students with learning disabilities. That is not always true. Consider one DC charter management organization, ...
Special Ed. Contract Renewed, But Public Calls for 'Change' Patch.com By Kyle Stucker The North Hampton School Board has voted 4-1 to renew the contract of North Hampton School's director of pupil services — a position that oversees special education — despite strong opposition from parents who said new leadership is ...
Consultant recommends more special ed programs in Ashland MetroWest Daily News By Laura Krantz/Daily News staff The school district should consider adding more special education programs, a consultant told the School Committee last night. James Earley said Ashland can save money and ultimately provide better services if it ...
More oversight pledged at special-ed collaborative Nashoba Publishing By Pierre Comtois, Correspondent GROTON -- Introduced to Chris Scott, the new executive director of the Merrimack Special Education Collaborative, the Groton-Dunstable Regional School Committee Tuesday night was updated on changes at the troubled ...
Pittsburgh cutting about 75 special ed positions Pittsburgh Post Gazette By Eleanor Chute / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pittsburgh Public Schools board is moving ahead with cutting about 75 positions from the special education budget, including about 55 teachers, 14 instructional paraprofessionals and nine central school ...
Greater Lafayette special ed administrator looks back on gratifying career Journal and Courier Jim Sands' 22nd year as director of Greater Lafayette Area Special Services will be his last. The program called GLASS is a cooperative among Tippecanoe County school corporations to serve the districts' special needs students.
Westfield Special Ed Committee Discusses Recreational Programs Wednesday Patch.com By Lisa Wendel The Westfield Special Education Parent Teacher Committee invites you to attend a roundtable discussion on recreational programming for children and teenagers with special needs at 7:30 pm Wednesday, May 23 in the library of Edison ...
Nashville schools say services won't vanish with special ed job losses The Tennessean “In a special ed classroom typically … the teachers cannot get to all of them, so the parapro works with the kids, so the teacher can rotate between each child to make sure each child is working at the level that child needs.
Special ed deficit digs budget hole for DSBN Welland Tribune By Shawn Jeffords, The Standard For the eighth straight year, the District School Board of Niagara will stave off a deficit with savings, but in spite of that, it will still likely have to cut programs. So says the finance committee chairman, ...
