This month marks the 50th anniversary of a groundbreaking federal law that promised to cover 40 percent of the extra costs states and school districts need to educate children with disabilities. At a ...
(Charlie Riedel, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) December 2 marks Special Education Day in the United States, a day to celebrate the ...
Fifty years ago, just after Thanksgiving of 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the landmark law that created special education as it exists today, and ...
Fifty years ago, Congress dramatically expanded schools’ responsibilities when it passed the nation’s primary special education law, requiring children with disabilities to receive a “free appropriate ...
Parents of children with disabilities often struggle to grasp the complex array of services they’re entitled to demand from their school districts. That’s where people like Jennifer Donelli come in.