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On Thursday, the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced their bill to fund Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, making good on their promise to produce a bipartisan bill. The bill...

After retiring from KCPS, Lanny Lewis joined Grain Valley School District teaching math and science courses in the resource and co-teaching classrooms at the high school level. He loves working with kids and supporting them in academics and personal growth...

This week, the Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSEP) released assessments of states’ implementation of Parts B and C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for 2022. The determinations...

Last week, IES Director Mark Schneider published a blog detailing the work to be done by the organization in the coming years.

IDEA Money Watch has published estimates for total Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 allocations following last week’s passage of the American Rescue Plan Act, which included roughly $3 billion in additional funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act...

The January 5 runoff elections in Georgia have resulted in victories for Democratic Senators-Elect Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff, who beat incumbent Republicans Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue to “flip” the Senate.

The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has announced over $35 million in funding for 138 awards, including one national technical assistance center, aimed at supporting the preparation, ongoing professional learning, and leadership development of...

On Wednesday, President Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan, which includes billions of dollars for repairs to schools and community colleges, as well as money for workforce training programs.

After retiring in 2015 from Pinellas County Schools (FL) as a teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities for more than a quarter of a century, I found myself totally bored and driving my husband crazy. I returned to education focusing...

Thank you to everyone who attended our virtual Annual State Conference last month. Here is the list of winners from the online game. A HUGE thank you to our exhibitors for suppling prizes and supporting our special education community. Rethink 8 x $25...