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Case VI:
Students with disabilities in Greenwich, Connecticut
(3 March)
Yale UniversityPolitical Science DepartmentPLSC240Spring 2009 John Bryan Starr
Case I: Students with disabilities in Greenwich, Connecticut1
Table of ContentsThe case
4
Document #1:
Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education and Pupil Services,
A Parent’s Guide to Special Educationin Connecticut
, (Hartford, CSDE, 2001) Excerpts.5
Exhibit #1:
Special Education Statistics
14
Exhibit #2:
The Changing nature of students’ disabilities
15
Exhibit #3:
Timeline of events in special education legislation
15
Document #2:
Lorraine M. McDonnell, Margaret J. McLaughlin, andPatricia Morison (eds.),
Educating One and All: Students with Disabilities and Standards-Based Reform
(Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press,1997 pp. 46-112.16
Document #3:
Joetta L. Sack, “Special education designation varieswidely across country,”
Education Week
, June 24, 1998.59
Document #4:
Lisa Fine, “Studies Examine Racial Disparities In SpecialEducation,”
Education Week
, March 14, 2001
64
Document #5:
Lisa Fine, “Report Offers Solutions to Special EducationDisparities,”
Education Week,
January 23, 200266
Document #6:
Christina A. Samuels, “Minority overrepresentation inspecial education targeted,”
Education Week
, October 12, 2005.68
Document #7:
Joetta L. Sack, “States Report Trouble With Special Ed.Testing,”
Education Week,
March 15, 2000
71
Document #8:
Joetta L. Sack, “Researchers Warn of Possible Pitfalls InSpec. Ed. Testing,”
Education Week,
April 19, 2000
72
Document #9:
Joetta L. Sack, “Alternate-Test Plans Prove Challenging,”
Education Week,
June 21, 2000
74
Document #10:
Christina A. Samuels, “Special education test flexibilitydetailed: Not every state may want to seek relief this year, Spellings says,”
Education Week
, May 18, 2005.77
Document #11:
Christina A. Samuels, “Flexibility detailed for testingstudents with disabilities,”
Education Week,
January 4, 200679
Case I: Students with disabilities in Greenwich, Connecticut2
Document #12:
Christina A. Samuels, “Ed. Dept. releases final rules ontests for special education students,”
Education Week
, April 4, 2007.81
Document #13:
Christina A. Samuels, “Advocates for students withdisabilities balk at proposed NCLB changes,”
Education Week,
July 6,2007.83
Document #14:
Joetta L. Sack, “Congress Poised To Increase FundingFor Special Ed.,”
Education Week,
April 12, 2000
87
Document #15:
Erik W. Robelen, “Senate Backs ‘Full Funding’ Of Special Ed.,”
Education Week
, May 9, 200189
Document #16:
Lisa Fine, “IDEA Funding Plan Draws Fire InWashington and Beyond,”
Education Week,
May 16, 2001.91
Document #17:
Joetta L. Sack, “Lawmakers, Paige Debate Reform,Funding as IDEA Overhaul Looms,”
Education Week,
October 10, 2001.
94
Document #18:
Lisa Fine, “Senate Democrats Hope to Pass IDEAOverhaul This Year,”
Education Week,
March 27, 2002
96
Document #19:
Andrew J. Rotherham, “The Politics of IDEAFunding,”
Education Week,
October 9, 2002.99
Document #20:
Lisa Fine Goldstein, “Election Results Boost Special Ed.Vouchers,”
Education Week,
December 4, 2002
103
Document #21:
Lisa Fine Goldstein, “A Better IDEA: First Draft May beSanitized Version,
Education Week
, February 12, 2003.106
Document #22:
“Proposed IDEA Changes,”
Education Week,
March 26,2003
.
109
Document #23:
Christina Samuels and Erik W. Robelen, “Congresspasses IDEA reauthorization,”
Education Week
, November 22, 2004.109
Document #24:
Diana Jean Schemo, “Parts of Special-Ed Bill WouldShift More Power to States and School Districts,”
New York Times
,November 22, 2004.113
Document #25:
Andres Trotter, “Supreme Court rules for school districtin IDEA case,”
Education Week,
November 14, 2005.116
Document #26:
Mark Walsh, “Justices rule against parents in IDEAcase,”
Education Week,
July 12, 2006
118
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