Spellings Says Americans Serious About Education Reform Points to "Quiet Revolution" Sparked by No Child Left Behind Act May 2005--ST. PETERSBURG—U.S . Education Secretary Margaret Spellings called the movement toward high standards and...

School Readiness Act of 2005 (H.R. 2123) House Education Committee Leaders Introduce Bill to Reform and Reauthorize Head Start Program May, 2005--WASHINGTON, D.C. – House education committee leaders introduced legislation that would introduce...

Spellings Announces New Special Education Guidelines, Details Workable, "Common-Sense" Policy to Help States Implement No Child Left Behind Guidelines reflect the latest scientific research to help students with disabilities States continue to...

Edward J. Kame'enui Named Department's First Commissioner for Special Education Research May 18, 2005-Washington DC--Edward J. Kame'enui, an international authority on learning problems and special education, has been named the nation's first...

Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth June 6, 2005: Researchers supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have found that half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, and that despite effective...

Students With Disabilities Making Great Strides, New Study Finds Data reflect successful experiences and achievements of special education students moving into early adulthood FOR RELEASE: July 28, 2005 Students with disabilities have made...

IDEA Regulations and Music Therapy as a Related Service August 25, 2005 , After several years of advocacy, the US Dept. of Education is considering changing the wording of the IDEA laws to include music therapy as a related service. Music...

Secretary Spellings Announces Additional Support for Teachers New training corps, technology partnership support teacher success U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced additional efforts aimed at supporting the teachers of...

House Approves Castle Bill to Improve Head Start Early Childhood Program WASHINGTON, D.C. September 22, 2005 – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bill to introduce greater competition into the federal Head Start early childhood...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today is issuing a Public Health Advisory to alert physicians of reports of suicidal thinking in children and adolescents associated with Strattera, a drug approved to treat attention deficit hyperactivity...