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Education Week: 'Sequester' Impact Felt on Special Education Aid

Wed, 02 Oct 2013 23:30:24 -0000

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Cutting professional development and assistive technology, freezing open positions, and shifting money from general education are among the ways that districts are coping with the $600 million that across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration have carved out of the nationwide budget for special education so far.

The federal government is taking 600$ million dollars out of special education, and putting that money into general education. They are prohibiting schools to hire special education teachers. Teachers that are currently working are not getting trained on how to teach/help the children in the special ed programs. - sara schafer

Although the Federal government is cutting the funds for Special Education, they are not saving the real problem (their budget). "stopgap measures can only last so long." - sara schafer

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that don't allow dramatic reductions in special education funding, other educational programs eventually could bear a heavier weight from the reduction in federal support, setting up what could be seen as a damaging competition for resources.

the $600 million that across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration have carved out of the nationwide budget for special education so far.

And because of provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that don't allow dramatic reductions in special education funding,

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No Child Left Behind

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:06:23 -0000

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What was this law? What were its goals? How did it change education? How did opponents criticize it? How did supporters argue in its favor? How is this an issue of federalism? - Danie Robledo
https://diigo.com/015bbd - Natalie Spievack
NCLB legislation set in place requirements that reached into virtually every public school in America. It expanded the federal role in education and took particular aim at improving the educational lot of disadvantaged students. - Natalie Spievack
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, signed into law by President Bush on Jan. 8, 2002, was a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the central federal law in pre-collegiate education. The ESEA, first enacted in 1965 and previously reauthorized in 1994, encompasses Title I, the federal government's flagship aid program for disadvantaged students.
NCLB legislation set in place requirements that reached into virtually every public school in America. It Expanded the federal role in education and took particular aim at improving the educational lot of disadvantaged students.
At the core of the No Child Left Behind Act were a number of measures designed to drive broad gains in student achievement and to hold states and schools more accountable for student progress. - Natalie Spievack
https://diigo.com/015beo - Natalie Spievack

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by: Danie Robledo

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