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Coffee Break: New Orleans' Ben Kleban on Saying Goodbye to the School Board You Used to Know and Looking to the Future

Say goodbye to the New Orleans school board you used to know. When Senate Bill 432—which called for a return of certain Recovery School District (RSD) schools from the state to the transferring...

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When ‘Special’ Feels Like an Insult: Diary of an IEP Kid

I've struggled with learning disabilities my whole life. Not the disability, but being labeled as someone with a disability. I had never felt stupid before, but for some reason getting “special”...

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Watering Down Expectations for Students With Disabilities Is Not the Way to Go, New York

I believe that most students with disabilities* can and should engage with the same academic content that any other student would receive. Furthermore, I believe that most students with disabilities...

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How Kipp Academy Embraced My Son and His Autism

I have four children and as with all children, their needs are not the same. They need different things at home and the same is true in school. As a charter mom of a child with autism, it is very...

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