special education

The CADRE Interviews: Must See TV

Jim Gerl
March 21, 2012 20:03

Bottom view of VHS videotape cassette with magnetic tape exposed (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Occasionally being famous is not good, but this is not one of those stories... I am almost famous yet again.  Seriously though, I was recently honored by CADRE, the OSEP funded national technical...

Procedural Safeguards - The Series - Part VII

Jim Gerl
March 20, 2012 19:15

Students and facilitator discuss a text in a typical Shimer College class. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)This is the seventh 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...

Procedural Safeguards - The Series - Part VI

Jim Gerl
March 13, 2012 22:02

Image by Getty Images via @daylife This is the sixth 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 area, so it is near and dear to my heart. Despite the ...

Bullying of Children With Disabilities - Part IV

Jim Gerl
March 09, 2012 23:36

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 that failure to react to bullying can constitute a denial of FAPE under IDEA. ...

US DOE Press Release: Moving from Compliance to Results

Jim Gerl
March 05, 2012 18:55

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 a compliance driven approach to a results oriented approach. Secretary Duncan said. ""For too long we've...