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An Assault Case in New Jersey Stirs Painful Memories

Three high school students in Montclair were charged with sexually assaulting a special education student, bringing back memories of an assault 19 years earlier.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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Swearing-In Resonates at a School for the Blind

The new governor’s speech expands students’ ideas of what is possible, said Bernadette Kappen, executive director of the New York Institute for Special Education.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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Special Services Ending for the Home Schooled

WHEN her son, Ricky, entered elementary school in the Katonah-Lewisboro district, Joy Drummond spent hours every evening helping him learn what his teachers had presented in the classroom. But Ricky, who has a learning disability, was not able to absorb the lessons. “I was reteaching him everything,” Ms. Drummond said.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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Ruling Ends Special Services for the Home Schooled

A new State Department of Education rule will restrict support services for children with disabilities who are educated at home.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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A Master’s in Self-Help

Parents of autistic children go back to school to help their own, and others’.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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School Bus Safety Officials Are Accused of Soliciting Bribes

Four City Department of Education employees are accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for promising preferential treatment to bus companies that serve thousands of special education students.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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Calm Down or Else

Unable to handle behavior disorders, many schools use forcible restraint. Is it abuse?

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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Writing Off Disabled Children

In Texas and throughout the country, disabled children should be given the school services they are entitled to under federal law.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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To Find the Perfect School, You Might Need to Start One

Three women have co-founded a school that balances special needs students and those developing more typically.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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Bringing Special-Needs Schools Closer to Home

A new school for students with high-functioning autism is part of an effort to keep such children in New York.

Posted: November 22nd, 2008 under Education.
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