Category Archives: United States Department of Education

US DOE Press Release: Moving from Compliance to Results

Posted on 5 March 2012 by Jim Gerl

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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DOE Sends Annual IDEA Report to Congress

Posted on 10 January 2012 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia Last month the United States Department of Education sent its annual report on the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act to Congress.  Because of the slow movement in all … Continue reading →

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New FERPA Regulations

Posted on 10 December 2011 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image by alancleaver_2000 via Flickr The United States Department of Education has issued new and revised regulations pertaining to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, better known as FERPA, on … Continue reading →

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Big News from OSEP on Resolution Session

Posted on 4 November 2011 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia As we mentioned in previous posts, OSEP, a division on the U S Department of Education issued a big announcement at the CADRE conference.  In the past OSEP … Continue reading →

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US DOE Proposes Changes to Regs – Seeks Comments

Posted on 8 October 2011 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via WikipediaThe United States Department of Education has proposed two changes to the IDEA regulations.  The full text in the Federal Register is here. The changes are to 34 C.F.R. … Continue reading →

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New Data Tool: Cool Charts & Graphs

Posted on 17 September 2011 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image via Wikipedia The United States Department of Education has developed a redesigned toy for us.  It involves data, and we love data in special education!  The new tool is called … Continue reading →

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Secretary Posny Speaks at CEC Conference

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image by Medill DC via FlickrThe annual conference of the Council for Exceptional Children is underway.  I appreciate the good wishes I have received here at the beautiful National Harbor from … Continue reading →

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Secretary Posny Speaks at CEC Conference

Posted on 26 April 2011 by Jim Gerl

From Jim Gerl over on Special Education Law Blog. Image by Medill DC via FlickrThe annual conference of the Council for Exceptional Children is underway.  I appreciate the good wishes I have received here at the beautiful National Harbor from … Continue reading →

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Education Research Priorities: Future Fun with Numbers

Posted on 16 July 2010 by Jim Gerl

Image via WikipediaWe have a wide variety of special education stakeholders who regularly read this blog. Many are professors or academic researchers in the field of education. This group will be very interested to know that the National Board for Ed… Continue reading →

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I’m Going to Really Miss JoLeta Reynolds

Posted on 19 April 2010 by Jim Gerl

Image via Wikipedia JoLeta Reynolds died last Friday at her home in Rock Island, Tennessee. She was a Senior Policy Advisor for the Office of Special Education Programs of the U. S. Department of Education. She was only 67, and she had been fighting … Continue reading →

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