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Parents of students with disabilities have long seen federal civil rights complaints as their last, best hope of ensuring ...

Parceling out Ed. Dept. work to other agencies risks weakening enforcement of disability rights laws, groups warn.

Advocates and lawyers across the country say that too often students with disabilities are getting their school days shortened for behavior problems that should be addressed in the classroom Credit: ...

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As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

Perry A. Zirkel’s commentary on students with learning disabilities raises important questions about whether a newly tolerant set of guidelines is being abused by “upper-income game players” (“Sorting ...

What Linda McMahon dismisses as 'micromanagement' is, in reality, the implementation of our nation's special education law.

Tim Odegard, a professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, has personal experience with teachers who did not believe in his intelligence because of a discredited dyslexia screening ...

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A tennis player with a learning disability has fulfilled a lifelong dream to compete on the courts at Wimbledon. Matthew Brough, from York, entered the Play Your Way To Wimbledon event at the famous ...