For families of youth with disabilities, the transition from high school to employment, postsecondary education, and life in the community presents a variety of challenges. PACER’s innovative National Parent Center on Transition and Employment has launched its ground-breaking new website to provide important information and resources to support families, youth, educators and employers as they […]

Overall, Kentucky educators are more positive about teaching and learning conditions in their schools than they were in 2013 according to results from the Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) Kentucky Survey presented to the Kentucky Board of Education.  See news release for more information. All results, including a statewide summary, may be viewed online […]

The following Notice of List of Correspondence From January 1, 2014, Through March 31, 2014 was published in the Federal Register on Thursday, June 4, 2015. SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing the following list of correspondence from the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to individuals during the previous quarter. The correspondence describes the Department’s interpretations […]

Summer is here, and new adventures and opportunities await. How to enrich our children’s lives, prevent summer “slide,” squeeze in a vacation, and ensure safety are of great interest now. So… here are a few resources for you.  10 ways to prevent summer slide. Children can lose up to 3 months of academic progress over […]

On April 28, 2015, regulations for Part B of IDEA were amended—specifically, the requirements governing MOE (maintenance of effort). The new rule requires LEAs to spend at least as much on special education as they did the prior year, details what happens if an LEA fails to do so, spells out what the MOE will […]