Shifting Away from Zero-Tolerance? Improving School Discipline Policies…

U.S. DOE and DOJ Release School Discipline Guidance Package Goal: Improve school discipline and school climate Reality: Kids with disabilities, especially minority kids, far more likely to be suspended, expelled, arrested, Continue Reading →

School Change Must Come from Outside by Arlene Ackerman

Access to a quality education is the civil rights battle of our generation…Real reform will never come from within the system because too many powers that be (the teachers’ union, Continue Reading →

School Police: Good Idea? Bad Idea?

Bringing police into public schools is a trend that exploded in the 1990s, after high-profile school shooting incidents at Columbine and Jonesboro. When a reader asked a question about school Continue Reading →

High Expectations: Raising the Bar for Children with Disabilities?

At the annual convention of the Council for Exceptional Children last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan called on special educators to take responsibility for the success of their students. Duncan Continue Reading →

Using an “Educational Model” – a Way to Deny Services?

What is the difference between a medical model and an educational model? I was asked a question recently that intrigued me, so I did a little research. When school personnel Continue Reading →