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Now that the Endrew F decision by the Supreme Court has been around for a while, has it made any difference in the education of children with disabilities? #FAPE

One in 59 US children has autism, according to a report issued today by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  The new estimate is a prevalence rate of 1.7%, up from one in every 68 children (1.5%) in the   2016 report,  which was based on data from 2012.   Some excerpts from CDC Report: Results:  For 2014, the overall prevalence of ASD among the 11 ADDM sites was 16.8 per 1,000 (one in 59) children aged 8 years. Overall ASD prevalence estimates varied among sites, from 13.1–29.3 per 1,000 children aged 8 years. ASD prevalence estimates also varied by sex and race/ethnicity. Males were four times more likely than females to be identified with ASD. Prevalence estimates were higher for non-Hispanic white (henceforth, white) children compared with non-Hispanic black (henceforth, black) children, and both groups were more likely to be identified with ASD compared with Hispanic children. Among the nine sites with sufficient data on intellectual abil...

Now that the Endrew F decision by the Supreme Court has been around for a while, has it made any difference in the education of children with disabilities? #FAPE

The Center for Education Statistics released the national NAEP scores recently, and the results show children with disabilities performance behind their typically developing peers. Here is part of a report at Disability Scoop: "A routine look at how fourth and eighth graders across the country are performing in reading and math finds children with disabilities struggling to make progress. For fourth graders with disabilities math scores were down in 2017 compared to 2015 while reading was unchanged. Meanwhile, eighth graders with disabilities saw a slight increase in performance on reading but remained stagnant in math. The   findings   released this week from the government’s National Center for Education Statistics come from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress. Known as the Nation’s Report Card, nearly 585,000 students at over 28,000 schools across the country took the test on tablet computers in early 2017.   The assessment found limited improvement fo...

Now that the Endrew F decision by the Supreme Court has been around for a while, has it made any difference in the education of children with disabilities? #FAPE

The Center for American Progress, the progressive education think tank, has proposed enacting these seven progressive policy ideas for educational equity. Provide a tutor for every child performing below grade level. Offer free breakfast and lunch for all students, regardless of income. Ensure opportunities to combine college preparatory academics with technical training and workplace experience. Transition to a 9-to-5 school day to better fit parents' needs. Support, train, and pay teachers like professionals. Create a safe and healthy environment in every school. Eliminate crumbling school buildings. These proposals would be expensive, but would they fix the problems in American education? i really like #1- the tutor when below grade level... Here is a summary of the plan by the Council for Exceptional Children. Here is the full article by the Center for American Progress explaining the proposal. What policy proposals would you suggest to improve education? What do you think?

Now that the Endrew F decision by the Supreme Court has been around for a while, has it made any difference in the education of children with disabilities? #FAPE

A new report issued by the Government Accountability Office released today found that  Black students, boys, and students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined (e.g., suspensions and expulsions) in K-12 public schools, according to GAO's analysis of Department of Education (Education) national civil rights data for school year 2013-14, the most recent available. These disparities were widespread and persisted regardless of the type of disciplinary action, level of school poverty, or type of public school attended. For example, Black students accounted for 15.5 percent of all public school students, but represented about 39 percent of students suspended from school—an overrepresentation of about 23 percentage points (see figure). The report found that children with disabilities were overrepresented in disciplinary actions by 13.2 percent. Here is a quote from the report "For students with disabilities, the same pattern of disproportionately higher rates of disci...

Now that the Endrew F decision by the Supreme Court has been around for a while, has it made any difference in the education of children with disabilities? #FAPE