Student loans, special education to move out of Education Dept. : NPR
The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen […]
How Schools Make Up for the Feds’ Unfulfilled Special Ed. Funding Commitment
Pop quiz: How many times has the federal government fulfilled its original commitment to supply 40 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure […]
Special education students benefit from school integration. It doesn’t always happen : NPR
Kellen Hedler’s classroom aid, Parker Van Buskirk, checks in with Kellen as he works on an assignment. Kellen is largely independent throughout […]
Biden Administration Scraps Medicaid Change for Special Ed. Services
The Department of Education is withdrawing a proposal that sought to streamline how schools bill Medicaid for the mental health and medical […]
Schools Lag in IDing Kids Who Need Special Education. Are They Catching Up?
Schools fell far behind in identifying students for special education services during the pandemic. But a recent analysis of one state’s data […]
Can AI Help With Special Ed.? There’s Promise—and Reason to Be Cautious
Some special education practitioners have experimented with using generative artificial intelligence to speed up the mountain of paperwork they’re required to fill […]