The Wrightslaw Way

Stand with Us and Say “No” to low expectations for students with disabilities and minority students by Cheryl Poe, Guest Blogger I am an African-American mother of two children in Virginia public schools. Both children have learning disabilities. My husband and I have high expectations for our children. It has been a struggle to make […]

I recorded the HBO special about Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (7/2/1908 – 1/24/1993) and just watched it. It was so moving it brought me to tears. In 1896, the US Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal.”  “Separate but […]

We think the school system continues to prey on parents in I.E.P. meetings. Having good information is valuable but does no good when the school preys on parents knowing full well these parents  cannot challenge them. You should start pushing class actions and parents sticking together in a unified action. Class actions can cost many […]