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Indicators of Progress in the Wake of Endrew F.: The Distinction between Professional Recommendations and Judicial Rulings
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Perry A. Zirkel; Mitchell L. Yell – Exceptional Children, 2024
The central obligation under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act is to provide each eligible student with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). In "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1" (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court revised the prior substantive standard for determining FAPE that the court had developed in…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Court Litigation, Equal Education
When Being an Expert May Not Be Enough: Understanding the Experiences of Special Education Professionals Parenting Children with Disabilities
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Ruby Batz; Sheresa Boone Blanchard – Exceptional Children, 2025
How do special education-related professionals parenting children with disabilities experience the special education system? This qualitative exploratory study delves into the experiences of 25 mother-educators who are special education-related professionals navigating the special education system for their children with disabilities. Through…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Child Rearing, Parents, Disabilities
Did State Pre-Kindergarten Programs Affect the Head Start Enrollment of Children with Disabilities? A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
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Zhang, Qing; Jenkins, Jade Marcus – Exceptional Children, 2023
Little is known about how the expansion of state pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs affects low-income children with disabilities in Head Start. Using almost 30 years of administrative data of all Head Start programs and a differences-in-differences design, this study tests the possibility that, as state pre-k differentially draws relatively more…
Descriptors: Social Services, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, State Programs
College and Career Readiness Support for Youth with and without Disabilities Based on the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012
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Lombardi, Allison R.; Rifenbark, Graham G.; Hicks, Tyler; Taconet, Ashley; Challenger, Clewiston – Exceptional Children, 2022
In this study, we examined college and career readiness (CCR) support for students with and without disabilities using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. We selected variables relevant to CCR and focused on the interaction of disability, race and ethnicity, and household income across a range of disability categories,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, College Readiness
Texas Special Education Cap's Associations with Disability Identification Disparities of Racial and Language Minority Students
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Paul L. Morgan; Adrienne D. Woods; Yangyang Wang; Cecelia A. Gloski – Exceptional Children, 2023
We used time-varying effect modelling of two very large samples of fourth-grade students (N[subscript reading] = 148,240, N[subscript mathematics] = 152,220) to investigate associations between adoption and over-time implementation of a de facto cap on special education service receipt and over-time likelihoods of disability identification from…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Correlation, Special Education
Which Procedural Parts of the IEP Process Are the Most Judicially Vulnerable?
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Zirkel, Perry A.; Hetrick, Allyse – Exceptional Children, 2017
To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP-related procedural violations after the 2004 amendments of the Individuals With Disabilities…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
The Supreme Court, "Endrew", and the Appropriate Education of Students with Disabilities
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Turnbull, H. Rutherford; Turnbull, Ann P.; Cooper, David H. – Exceptional Children, 2018
In this article, we analyze the Supreme Court's decision in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1" (2017), interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its provisions creating a right of every student with a disability to have an appropriate education. We compare the "Endrew" decision with…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Evolving Interpretations of Educational Equity and Students with Disabilities
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McLaughlin, Margaret J. – Exceptional Children, 2010
The education of students with disabilities in today's schools is being shaped by 2 very powerful laws: the 2004 Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA 2004) and the 2001 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Title I, No Child Left Behind Act). These 2 laws are changing our conceptions about special education. Both of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation