special education
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Three Scary Ways Trump’s Destruction Of the Ed Department Will Impact Black Students
From financial aid to critical funding for public schools, these are some of the ways the President’s plan could impact Black students.
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Glenn Youngkin’s Unsuccessful Anti-Critical Race Theory ‘Tip Line’ Shuts Down
The Republican Virginia governor didn’t count on parents using it to speak about special education violations.
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Night School Makes the Grade in Depicting Adults With Learning Disabilities
Anyone with an adult child with special needs knows how hard they can fall after they leave high school and no longer have that safety net. In school, academic and other cognitive tests are used to bring tutors, therapists and other academic supports to students who need them. After high school, all they get are…
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Supreme Court Rules Unanimously for Better Education for Students With Disabilities
On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that school districts must provide students with disabilities the opportunity to make “appropriately ambitious” progress in their education, and that decision will likely have an impact on the 6.5 million students with disabilities in the United States. According to NPR, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District…
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You Called Out The Root, Umar Johnson, and You Played Yourself; Here’s Why
Umar Johnson, aka the Prince of Pan-Africanism, has said our name. In his last posting from a hotel room somewhere in the continental United States, a much more subdued and skullcap-less Johnson has apologized for his behavior and profanity-laced tirade to everyone but black media and, more specifically, The Root. According to Johnson, black media…