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Education Week reporter Christina
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It's
All Wright
It
might be risky to draw attention to another special education blog,
but I can't ignore the recent launch of Wrightslaw
Blog.
Wrightslaw
has been a reliable source of information for me since I started covering
special education four years ago, when I didn't know IDEA from FAPE.
The perspective is that of a parent advocate, which Peter Wright has
been for decades. In 1993, he represented the parents in a Supreme Court
case, Florence
County v. Shannon Carter, in which the court unanimously held that
parents can be reimbursed by a school district for tuition when they
place their children in private schools, even if the private school
is not previously approved by the district.
I've
used Wrightslaw as a handy source for documentation in special education
cases. I also appreciate his measured advice to parents; his website
advises parents to know the law, stay polite and professional, and get
everything possible in writing. Not a bad set of suggestions.
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Last updated: 11/20/08
