Category Archives: Special Education

Bullying of Children With Disabilities – Part IV

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia Bullying remains the hottest of hot button issues in special education law.  In the firstr installment, I explained the early cases laying the conceptual groundwork for the proposition … Continue reading

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US DOE Press Release: Moving from Compliance to Results

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image by Getty Images via @daylife In a press release issued last Friday, the  Secretary of United States Department of Education announced that the focus of the department will shift from … Continue reading

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Mediating; Favorite Road Name; Tech Update

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. I realized again this week that mediation is the best way to resolve special education disputes.  It helps the live the various options to see what might work and what may … Continue reading

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Procedural Safeguards – The Series – Part V

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via WikipediaThis is the fifth installment in a multi-part series on procedural safeguards under the federal special education law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. I work a lot in this … Continue reading

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Open Rank Position in Special Education: Geo. Mason U.

From Rick Brigham over on SpedPro. Assistant/Associate Full Professor Special Education (tenure-line, rank open) The George Mason University, Division of Special Education and disAbility Research in the College of Education and Human Development is seeking a tenure-line faculty member whose … Continue reading

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Bullying of Children With Disabilities – Part III

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia Bullying remains the hottest of hot button issues in special education law.  In an earlier installment, I explained the early cases laying the conceptual groundwork for the proposition … Continue reading

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Procedural Safeguards The Series – Part IV

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via WikipediaThis is the fourth installment in a multi-part series on procedural safeguards under the federal special education law, the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. I work a lot in this … Continue reading

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Corrected Link for Last Post

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia I understand that the link contained in my most recent post did not work for some of you. The link to the story by the Houston Fox Channel … Continue reading

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Sleeping Hearing Officer; Internet Gotcha

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. sleep (Photo credit: Sean MacEntee)Many special education folks heard this week about a sleeping hearing officer.This is a sad story, and here is the link to the Fox TV story. My … Continue reading

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Bullying of Kids With Disabilities – Part II

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via WikipediaBullying remains a hot button issue in special education law. This is the second post in the current series on this topic.  Last week I discussed some of the … Continue reading

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