Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are working with Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine on a bill to block part of the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
The Department of Education (ED) announced on Tuesday that it is transferring oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies as part of the Trump administration’s goal of winding down the department.
A special education teacher in Nevada is accused of having a sexual relationship with a child for two years, with some of the encounters happening in a cemetery.
A Texas elementary school teacher was arrested after he allegedly dropped a baggie of methamphetamine in the hallway outside of a classroom, officials said.
Details of an alleged predatory relationship between a New Jersey special education teacher and her student have been revealed in court.
A Washington special education substitute teacher has been arrested again after a second alleged victim accused him of sexual assault.
A 43-year-old New Jersey special education teacher has been accused of sexually assaulting one of her students, officials announced Saturday.
California parents filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s exclusion of religious schools in special education funding.
Portland Public Schools in Maine is considering moving to a four-day school week for special education students as the school district is unable to fill teaching positions.
A former teacher was sentenced to prison Tuesday after she had sex with students and provided drugs to one of them in Pontiac, Michigan.
A special education teacher in Milledgeville, Georgia, made sure her students played an important role on her wedding day.
“I have overridden my people,” Trump said. “We’re funding the Special Olympics.”
A special education teacher in California has been suspended after it was learned that he was running a “Fight Club” in his classroom.
A married 38-year-old special education teacher is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old student when he was 11 years old more than 100 times. She is being ordered to stand trial as a result of the student’s allegations against her.
A teacher in West Virginia was recorded in October threatening to attack a 7-year-old special education student. A mother sent a recording device to school after she became suspicious of her child’s reaction to going to school, catching on tape a teacher’s threat to “backhand” a student.
A New Jersey special education teacher is in hot water with authorities after being accused of having a sexual relationship with a male student.
A number of professors are unsure about the fairness of some of the special accommodations, such as extra time to take an exam, provided for students classified as “disabled.”
The U.S. Department of Education determined that a decline in special education services offered to Texas school children resulted from policies instituted by the Texas Education Agency. These policies prevented eligible students from having access to valuable educational programs.
More woes surfaced in an already troubled Texas school district after an administrator alleged wrongdoing in the special education department where students may have been improperly awarded course credit.
The feds are touring Texas cities to give the public an opportunity to speak their minds over reports the State capped special education enrollment, allegedly shutting eligible students out of these services.
In a seven-page letter, Texas education officials told the U.S. Department of Education it never set a cap, limit, or policy on the number or percent of students that school districts can, or should, serve in special education.
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus jumped into the ongoing controversy over whether public school children were denied special education services, penning a letter to the state’s top education official and urging temporary action.
The federal government gave Texas one month to show the State does not keep children with disabilities from receiving services and is in compliance with special education laws.
A North Texas special education teacher who was accused of sexually assaulting a child earlier this month now faces child pornography charges from a video made in 2010.
