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News on Special Education

News stories of interest to parents of children receiving special education services, from the Parenting Special Needs blog and news sources around the Web. For the latest news, go to the Today's News folder.

Why Do Kids Who Need Routine Get Shuffled Around the Most?
In the forum, a mom wishes her son could just go to the neighborhood school.

Another Shooting. The Same Answers.
A Bird on the Street post laments the way schools treat kids who fall in the space between success in the mainstream and eligibility for special education.

Texas May Soon Require Cameras In Special Education Classrooms
Huffington Post looks at a bill passed by the Texas Senate and being considered in the House.

Have a Rant in You About Standardized Testing?
I've got a Readers Respond page where you can share it.

Tooth and Claw (and an IEP)
In a post on Support for Special Needs, Robert Rummel-Hudson reports on his daughter's latest IEP meeting, and the battle over assistive speech technology.

Inclusion 101
A post on the blog Life With My Special Ks looks at the difference between inclusion, exclusion, segregation, and integration.

Special-Education News January-April 2013
Special-education news stories from around the Web featured in the daily news folder on About.com Children With Special Needs in January through March, 2013.

Special-Education News 2012
Special-education news stories from around the Web featured in the daily news folder on About.com Children With Special Needs in 2012.

Special-Education News 2011
Look back at the special-education topics we were reading about, talking about, and arguing about each month of the year in 2011.

Special-Education News 2010
Look back at the special-education topics we were reading about, talking about, and arguing about each month of the year in 2010.

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