Now Available The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities has launched a new Research Center, designed to connect you with the research evidence on a wide range of educational practices. The Research Center is located at:...

Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006 At 4:00 PM Duration: 3 Hours The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) invites you to view a video to learn firsthand from leading U.S. Department of Education officials about the...

The final regulations for the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) were published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2006, and became effective on October 13, 2006. Since publication of the final regulations, the...

Overview and Preparation for the Annual and Triennial Reviews-old Table of Contents Section I-Overview of the Annual Review Process Part I-When Does the Annual Review Occur? Part II-How is a Parent Notified of the Meeting? Part III-What Takes...

The U.S. Department of Education today launched a new Web site to provide teachers, administrators and other educators with recommendations on effective teaching practices and examples of possible ways to implement those practices to help...

More Americans are graduating high school than ever before, but students with disabilities remain far behind their typically-developing peers, a new report finds. Nationally, 80 percent of public high school students earned a diploma on time...

As a special educator, I have one goal in mind: to help students gain the skills and knowledge necessary to be as independent and fulfilled as possible in their adult lives. After teaching at the middle school level for over a decade, I decided...

The long-term academic problems that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often experience may affect their siblings as well, according to an analysis partially funded by NIMH and published in the Journal of Health...

In the first publication, titled: " Opening Doors: Technology and Communication Options for Children with Hearing Loss ", parents of children with hearing loss can find helpful information and resources in a publication produced for the Office...

January 7, 2005--American education is being bolstered by the increasing use of educational technology, greater accountability, and growing new partnerships between tech-savvy students and teachers, according to a report released today by the...