Education in the news: Special Education Day

December 2, 5:03 PMEducation Headlines ExaminerColin Bane

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Educators and parents celebrate 33rd Anniversary of first federal Special Education legislation

President Gerald Ford signed the United States' first federal special education law on December 2, 1975. Then called the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act" and now known as IDEA: The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the landmark legislation extended access to free quality public education to children with disabilities, guaranteeing Free Appropriate Public Education (sometimes shortened to FAPE) and requiring schools and school systems to create an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for every eligible student to provide accomodations and modifications toward creating the "least restrictive environment" for each child's learning.

Examiners across the Education channel are weighing in today:

December 2 is Special Education Day, by Hartford Special Needs Examiner Danna Mann

NEST: Best autism special education program in NYC public schools, by New York Schools Examiner Kathleen Byrne

A salute to special education, by Orlando Education Technology Examiner Stuart Miller

Special Education is 33 years old. Where has it gotten us? asks Education Examiner Andrea Hermitt