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Serving Students with Special Needs and Gifted and Talented

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This Connecticut district ensures that students of all abilities succeed.

Jen Chase

District Administration, March 2013

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Calif. League Unites Students With, Without Disabilities

Submitted by klacey on Mon, 02/04/2013 - 3:25pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District/Special Olympics Unified Basketball League aims to help students of all capabilities interact with one another.

The Los Angeles Times

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Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2013 Convention & Expo

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Mon, 01/28/2013 - 3:53pm

April 3-6, 2013

San Antonio, Texas

CEC

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The Obama Administration Pushes a Right to Wheelchair Basketball

Submitted by klacey on Sun, 01/27/2013 - 3:09pm

It boggles my mind that the Obama Administration, without an ounce of public debate or deliberation, without an iota of Congressional authorization or approval, could declare by fiat that public schools nationwide must provide such programs or risk their federal education funding.

The Huffington Post

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Chicago Faulted on Learning Disabilities

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 01/08/2013 - 3:08pm

In a complaint filed on Monday with the Illinois State Board of Education, a nonprofit advocacy group says Chicago Public Schools have repeatedly failed to evaluate children with disabilities and move them into special education preschool programs.

The New York Times

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Nonpublic Special Education School Graduates Outpace Their Peers In Public Settings

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Tue, 01/01/2013 - 9:01pm

A new study found that students with disabilities who graduate from nonpublic schools in Baltimore are more likely than their public school classmates to be employed, enrolled in a post-secondary school and living independently and are less likely to have been exposed to the juvenile justice system.

The Baltimore Sun

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Higher Numbers of ELL, Other Needs in Topeka Schools

Submitted by Alison DeNisco on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 9:07pm

At Whitson Elementary School, Laura Austin’s class of eight first graders sat in two groups of four Friday morning, each student huddled behind a makeshift screen of manila folders, waiting for a spelling test.

The Capital-Journal

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Florida Tragedies Highlight Training Need

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Sun, 12/09/2012 - 2:34pm

The accidental deaths of two special needs students from Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Fla. this year are shedding light on the need for comprehensive, mandatory emergency preparedness training for paraeducators. In October, 11-year-old Jennifer Caballero, a middle school student with Down syndrome, was found hiding under the bleachers during gym class by a coach, who two weeks earlier had complained to the assistant principal that the exceptional student education (ESE) aides were inattentive. The coach brought her to the aides, and asked them to keep an eye on her.

District Administration Magazine

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La. School for Dyslexic Students Approved

Submitted by Lynn Russo Whylly on Thu, 12/06/2012 - 4:59pm

The state education board has granted tentative approval to a plan to establish a charter school in Baton Rouge that would serve students with dyslexia. The proposed school — called Louisiana Key Academy — would serve students afflicted with the condition, which impairs the ability to read.

San Francisco Chronicle