When he recently met with state legislators, Mayor Bloomberg presented a statistic in an attempt to reduce spending on children with...

Can technology actually substitute for human teachers? The video below is likely to stoke the debate.

What kind of message is it sending to Americans when a mother who fights to give her children a good education is thrown in jail? Ms....

In a recent Pennsylvania case, R.B. v. Mastery Charter School, although the procedural history is a bit messy, the district court ruled...

"LIFO," a term generally understood in the context of accounting, is also used in the context of teacher layoffs. This is because, under...

In a recent case Sudbury Public Schools v. Massachusets Department of Education, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts upheld an...

On Friday, the United States Department of Justice announced a settlement agreement in a pending lawsuit based on the Americans with...

NJ Governor Chris Christie has announced a proposal to create additional specialized schools for educating children with autism in the...

This case is mainly about a parent seeking reimbursement for the Lindamood Bell program which aims to develop the fundamental skills that...

An issue that continues to be very hot is whether parents are entitled to related services when their children are enrolled in private...

Some of you may have been following the issue of whether "teacher data reports" (i.e., teacher performance rankings) should or should not...

In SRO 10-110, SRO Bates addresses two important issues regarding pendency: (1) What effect does a stipulation of settlement between the...

Surely by now you have caught wind of the firestorm of criticism and hostility targeted at the author of the scientific study that said...

There is a new sheriff in town...maybe. The last 7 SRO decisions have been penned by a man named Justyn P. Bates.

Some parents going through the IEP process expect that the CSE will recommend an actual public school site by the conclusion of their IEP...

The impetus for this post is the article on the front page of today's New York Times suggesting that NYC's "Rubber Rooms" are still alive...

After a bumpy ride, it appears that Cathie Black will be the new chancellor. When Commissioner Steiner's advisory team met last week...

Recent amendments to the New York State education regulations will take effect December 8, 2010. Speech and language services: Some of...

We need more programs like the one started in Arizona to provide resources for individuals with special needs post-high-school. ...