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First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

John Kline Video Alert: Administration âDidn't Do Anything' for Special Education

WASHINGTON – In a House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing this week, Minnesota Congressman John Kline, the Chairman of the Committee, expressed his disappointment to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan that the Administration continues to ignore ... [Published Congressman John Kline - May 22 2013]

Entities: John Kline, Special Education, Arne Duncan, Education

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Duncan Takes Push for Expanded Preschool to House Committee

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan took his case for $75 billion to expand pre-kindergarten to the House Education and Workforce Committee on Tuesday. Duncan called the plan to make preschool available to more four-year-old children, "the smartest use ... [Published Council of State Governments - May 22 2013]

Entities: Arne Duncan, Push, Education, Disabilities Education Act, John Kline

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

George Miller

House Education and the Workforce Committee Hearing

- I'd like to begin with a brief overview of what's in the administration's budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The president has asked for more than $71 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Education - up $5 billion from last year's ... [Published Zecco - May 22 2013]

Entities: Education, student loan, Disabilities Education Act, George Miller

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Arne Duncan

Duncan defends preschool funding proposal to House committee

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appeared Tuesday before the House Education and Workforce Committee to promote what he called the “centerpiece” of the administration’s 2014 education budget proposal, the $75 billion plan to expand public preschool ... [Published Stateline - May 22 2013]

Entities: Arne Duncan, Education, Phil Roe, Virginia Foxx

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Measure won't infringe on rights

When I decided to home-school my son, I knew it would have tremendous benefits and immeasurable impact on the person he would become. In spite of the stigmas often pegged on home-schooling families, I never regretted my decision. Perhaps, I also felt ... [Published Tennessean - May 22 2013]

Entities: Disability, Michael Farris, Dick Thornburgh, Disabilities Education Act

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

School closings worst for students with special needs

_ On May 22, the Chicago School Board will decide whether to approve one of the largest mass school closings in U.S. history. The impacts will be felt in different ways by the more than 46,000 mostly black students wholl be affected. But the action is ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 21 2013]

Entities: Special Education, Education, Disabilities Education Act, Disability

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Boeing Company

Standards For Root Criteria Of my education

- First, I believe the change came when I bought one affiliate marketing manual that really hit the spot, no, not one, actually two, but one was the catalyst. In my personal research, I have kindled a wondrous desire in the aforementioned science fields ... [Published Pressbox.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Entities: Education, Disabilities Education Act, Rising Prices, Catalyst, Boeing Company

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Special needs vouchers: history that does not bear repeating

Our children's needs are not special. They have the same needs that everybody does — acceptance, belonging, relationships, knowledge, employment, community, contribution, productivity, chance to drive a car, go to prom, even become prom king or queen, ... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 21 2013]

Entities: Disability, Special Education, Disabilities Education Act, Education, Human Rights

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Tools for Parents of Children with Disabilities, including Video-Modeling and Community Support, Now Available Online from YourSpecialEducationRights.Com.

Connecticut Special Education Advocate Julie Swanson and Attorney Jennifer Laviano, together with Mazzarella Media, announce the official launch of YourSpecialEducationRights.com, a free online resource that provides the first and only video-based special ... [Published PRWeb - May 20 2013]

Entities: Special Education, Disability, Advocate, Disabilities Education Act

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Judge Won't Stop Public Schools Shuttering in DC

WASHINGTON (CN) - Parents and D.C. neighborhood groups have no hope of keeping open 15 schools suffering from increasingly anemic enrollment, a federal judge ruled. The Advisory Neighborhood Commission and several parents of kids who go to those schools ... [Published Courthouse News Service - May 20 2013]

Entities: Education, Disabilities Education Act, Rock/Creek

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Bartow schools to vote on budget, increase meal prices

Late Friday afternoon, the Bartow County Board of Education added to its Monday, May 20, business session agenda an item regarding the approval of the Fiscal Year 2014 agenda. Calls to Superintendent John Harper were unsuccessful at press time, but during ... [Published Cartersville Daily Tribune News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Georgia Department of Education, Disabilities Education Act, Georgia Department of Labor, Rehabilitation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

A new way to deliver services

One of the most difficult cost drivers to predict in school district budgets is special education. One new student with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) can result in thousands of dollars in unbudgeted expenses, and the new host district needs ... [Published Johnston Sun Rise - May 17 2013]

Entities: Disabilities Education Act, Disability, Public Education, Special Education

Quotes

"We shouldn't be ready to seriously alter it through the budget process, without a real conversation about whether the proposed changes will result in better systems overall."

Scott Walker, GOP Slip ALEC Education Agenda Into Wisconsin Budget [Published PR Watch - 10 hours ago]

...Duncan called the plan to make preschool available to more four-year-old children, "the smartest use of our education dollars.”"

Duncan Takes Push for Expanded Preschool to House Committee [Published Council of State Governments - May 22 2013]

"Yet every adverse policy decision does not yield a constitutional claim," Boasberg wrote. "In this case, there is no evidence whatsoever of any intent to discriminate on the part of the defendants, who are actually transferring children out of weaker, more segregated, and under-enrolled school. The remedy plaintiffs seek - i e., to remain in such schools - seems curious, given that these are the conditions most people typically endeavor to escape."

Judge Won't Stop Public Schools Shuttering in DC [Published Courthouse News Service - May 20 2013]

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No Obligation to Coordinate or Pay for Disabili... [Published JD Supra - 6 hours ago]
Scott Walker, GOP Slip ALEC Education Agenda In... [Published PR Watch - 10 hours ago]
John Kline Video Alert: Administration âDidn't ... [Published Congressman John Kline - May 22 2013]
Duncan Takes Push for Expanded Preschool to Hou... [Published Council of State Governments - May 22 2013]
House Education and the Workforce Committee Hea... [Published Zecco - May 22 2013]
Duncan defends preschool funding proposal to Ho... [Published Stateline - May 22 2013]
Measure won't infringe on rights [Published Tennessean - May 22 2013]
School closings worst for students with special... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 21 2013]
Standards For Root Criteria Of my education [Published Pressbox.co.uk - May 21 2013]
Special needs vouchers: history that does not b... [Published Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - May 21 2013]
Tools for Parents of Children with Disabilities... [Published PRWeb - May 20 2013]
Judge Won't Stop Public Schools Shuttering in DC [Published Courthouse News Service - May 20 2013]
Bartow schools to vote on budget, increase meal... [Published Cartersville Daily Tribune News - May 18 2013]
A new way to deliver services [Published Johnston Sun Rise - May 17 2013]
Special ed student behavior in Upper Darby spar... [Published News of Delaware County - May 16 2013]
US Defense Department to furlough 650,000 civil... [Published World Socialist Web Site - May 16 2013]
Letters: Medicaid funding isn't worth it [Published Post Crescent - May 15 2013]
Carroll parents file complaint after teacher pl... [Published Baltimore Sun - May 15 2013]
Mom of 7 gets law degree to help special needs ... [Published NBCNews.com - May 15 2013]
Pennridge continues work on budget, still heade... [Published Perkasie News-Herald - May 15 2013]
Collinsville Middle School uses grant for lapto... [Published STLtoday.com - May 15 2013]
Flagler school officials weigh more job cuts [Published Daytona Beach News Journal - May 15 2013]
Special education is essential, not extravagant [Published Register-Guard - May 15 2013]
District's financial forecast remains on target [Published This Week West Side - May 14 2013]
Has the School Properly Tested Your Child? [Published JD Supra - May 13 2013]
As numbers rise, area schools face cuts in fede... [Published Individual.com - May 13 2013]
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 -... [Published District of Columbia DISR - May 11 2013]
Propaganda as pedagogy [Published Pittsburgh Tribune Review - May 10 2013]
F-SEPAC: Suspensions and Discipline in Special ... [Published Framingham Patch - May 09 2013]
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records--Evaluat... [Published Zecco - May 09 2013]

Blogs

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George F. Will: U.S. education is going broke o... [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Apr 04 2013] The real vocation of some people entrusted with delivering primary and secondary education is to validate this proposition: The three R’s — formerly reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic — now are racism, reproduction and recycling. Especially racism. Consider ...
Here’s the insanely long list of amendments fil... [Published Ezra Klein - Mar 23 2013] The Senate passed a budget for the first time in four years shortly before 5 a.m. on Saturday. Why was the night so long? Before the debate could end, senators spent hours wading through a long series of symbolic, non-binding votes on amendments to ...
#GOPSequester takes effect [Published Democrats News Blog - Mar 02 2013] The effects of the GOP-forced sequester cuts that took effect at midnight last night stand to hurt middle class families, seniors, children, and our men and women in uniform across the country. Republicans in Congress decided it was better to slash ...
#GOPSequester in the states [Published Democratic National Committee: Blog - Mar 02 2013] The effects of the GOP-forced sequester cuts that took effect at midnight last night stand to hurt middle class families, seniors, children, and our men and women in uniform across the country. Republicans in Congress decided it was better to slash ...
Poking Holes In Obama’s Sequester Report [Published Politisite - Feb 27 2013] Obama’s State-By-State Breakdown Relies On Big AssumptionsOBAMA’S SEQUESTRATION REPORT ASSUMES THE WORST A Closer Look At Obama’s State-By-State Sequester Report Reveals That “Some Of The Scariest Stuff Is Going To Happen In Slow Motion — If It Happens ...