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Cornett, Jake; Knackstedt, Kimberly M. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: The United States (US) system of special education committed three original sins that perpetuate inequities between children with disabilities and their peers. The purpose of this paper is to examine the history of the US system, contrast this history against international disability law and identify opportunities for leaders to transform…
Descriptors: Special Education, Educational History, International Law, Models
Yell, Mitchell L.; Edlein, Rachel; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2023
In special education, medication often plays a critical role in meeting the needs of students with disabilities. The use of medications in schools, however, can be a problem when state laws and federal law conflict regarding the use of a medication, in this situation, medical marijuana. This column reports on a ruling by the U.S. District Court in…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Drug Therapy, Marijuana, Special Education
Paul, S.; Rogers, S.; Bach, S.; Houtenville, A. J. – Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire, 2023
The "Annual Disability Statistics Compendium" and its complement, the "Annual Disability Statistics Supplement" (ED628631), are summaries of statistics about people with disabilities and about the government programs which serve them. The Compendium, presents key overall statistics on topics including the prevalence of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Employment Level, Students with Disabilities
Carlson, Tiffany; Crepeau-Hobson, Franci – Communique, 2021
When the coronavirus pandemic was declared a public health crisis in March 2020, school psychologists were forced into situations where face-to-face interaction with their students was discouraged and in some cases, prohibited. Consequently, the traditional practice of school psychology abruptly ended. Individualized Education Plans (IEP) and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Tests, Ethics, Decision Making, Models
Dawn M. Easterling – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) provides legal guidelines to include who participates in the individual education program team, how students with disabilities require least restrictive environment and free and appropriate public education and describes each eligibility category and criteria to meet the eligibility for…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Student Placement, Teaching Experience, Decision Making
Jimenez, Laura; Flores, Antoinette – Center for American Progress, 2019
Over the course of two short years and through quiet regulatory actions, many of which have not garnered many headlines, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has loosened accountability for U.S. schools and colleges, putting millions of students at risk of civil rights abuses and fraudulent financial schemes. Through aggressive use of its regulatory…
Descriptors: Federal Regulation, Accountability, Civil Rights, Federal Government
Morgan, Anita F.; Sears, Julie A.; Driscoll, Lisa G. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2019
A respected principal finds himself caught in the middle of a complex legal conundrum when a student requests to bring a service animal to his public school where another student may be dangerously allergic to the animal. This case explores how accommodations per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of…
Descriptors: Animals, Public Schools, Students with Disabilities, Compliance (Legal)
Gagnon, Joseph Calvin; Benedick, Amanda Ross – Education Sciences, 2021
COVID-19 has engendered serious challenges with the provision of special education services for youth and young adults incarcerated in U.S. adult correctional facilities. This article describes the recent lawsuit, Charles H. et al. v. District of Columbia et al., which focused on the lack of a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) at the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Access to Education, Institutionalized Persons
Luckner, John L.; Movahedazarhouligh, Sara – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2019
The purpose of this study was to conduct an initial investigation to examine the perceptions of a sample of special education administrators from a western state to identify the challenges they encounter that may negatively affect their ability to do their jobs well. It was anticipated that the results of the study would be of interest to faculty…
Descriptors: Special Education, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Professional Development
Jewell, Bill; Fraser, Emily; Hendricks, Randy – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2017
In order for an educator to properly restrain or seclude a child, they should be made aware of the statutes, court cases, governmental policies, and terminologies that shape the legality of restraints and seclusions. This paper means to nurture that awareness. The paper is in an order that shows an evolution of the policies and laws about…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Policy, Discipline Policy, Court Litigation
Garvin, Megean; Neary, Michael; DesJardins, Marie – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2019
High school computing education reform efforts have been ongoing across the United States, particularly in the past decade. Although national Computer Science (CS) for All initiatives are promising, states retain control over education policies. Recent computing education reform efforts in the state of Maryland (U.S.A.) focused on providing every…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Governance, Educational Change, High Schools
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2017
Growth of voucher and education savings account (ESA) programs has drawn attention to how states ensure accountability and transparency to parents and the public. With over half of voucher and ESA programs designed for students with disabilities, there is interest in the information parents receive about special education services and rights when…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Accountability, Disabilities
Lin, Van-Kim; Shaw, Sara; Maxwell, Kelly – Administration for Children & Families, 2019
Administrative data refers to information about individual children, families, and/or service providers that is collected and maintained as a part of program operations. Research using early care and education (ECE)-related administrative data has often focused on child care subsidy policies, use of ECE programs, access to ECE programs, and other…
Descriptors: Data, Child Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy
DeMatthews, David – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2014
Special education policies can create structures of segregation and inequality. School leaders are often tasked with dismantling these structures while meeting expectations related to accountability policies. This case study involves a new principal at an urban school in a district with a long history of segregation reassigned to work at one of…
Descriptors: Special Education, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Principals
Petra L. Nelson – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Principals and assistant principals are the educational leaders of their school buildings and must have a working knowledge of special education law, programs, and special education teacher supports. This study reinforces the need for principals and assistant principals to be fully prepared to lead all of their schools' programs, including special…
Descriptors: Special Education, Principals, Assistant Principals, Leadership