January 11, 2025
While You Can Write a Student’s Individualized Education Plan. . .It (Legally) Needs to be Acceptable, Actionable, and Appropriate[To listen to a synopsis and analysis…
June 8, 2024
Revisiting Title IX’s Sexual Harassment Requirements While Avoiding Secondary Victimization: A Procedural PrimerWhy Do Too Many Districts Not Know (or Abdicate) their Responsibilities?[To listen to…
November 11, 2023
Solving Schools' Most Persistent Problems: Safety and Mental Health Services, Discipline and Disproportionality, Special Education Litigation, and Staffing ShortagesSolutions from Four Recent Education Talk Radio…
September 9, 2023
Seven Suggestions to Help Districts Avoid Special Education HearingsA Short-Term Win May Be a Long-Term Loss[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog…
August 4, 2018
Integrating Successful Research-to-Practice Strategies into the New School Year (Part I of II)Dear Colleagues,Introduction While some of you are starting to “trickle” back to your…
May 14, 2017
The Endrew F. Decision Re-Defines a “Free Appropriate Public Education" (FAPE) for Students with Disabilities (Part III of III)Dear Colleagues,ForewordOn March 22nd, the Supreme Court…
April 2, 2017
The Endrew F. Decision Re-Defines a “Free Appropriate Public Education" (FAPE) for Students with Disabilities (Part I of III)Dear Colleague,IntroductionOn March 22nd, the Supreme Court…
September 25, 2016
But… Watch Out for Their References and RecommendationsDear Colleagues,In this day and age where we are inundated by literally millions of news-related, job-specific, and social-media…
September 5, 2016
How Departments of Education Use Language, Fear, and Ignorance to Get their WayDear Colleagues,I now do a lot of Expert Witness work around the country-…
May 30, 2016
If You Don’t Know, Get a Consult. . . Before You End Up in CourtDear Colleague, As most of you concluded or have near-concluded your…