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Sunday, October 18

High school students suffering from severe mental health and behavioral disorders aren’t always getting the services they need, according to one of the findings of a five-year study led by Special Education Prof. Lee Kern

“Interventions are available that are very successful at reducing the... Read more »

Friday, October 16
The fear of special education lawsuits has, over the years, prompted many organizations to suggest changes for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
 
But a recent study of special education-related court decisions suggests that reducing lawsuits may be a matter of focusing on a handful of states where most of... Read more »
Friday, October 16
Noted Finnish educator Pasi Sahlberg, one of the world’s experts on education reform, told an audience in Baker Hall that both excellence and equity are needed to achieve academic success. Sahlberg, delivering the first John Stoops lecture hosted by Lehigh’s College of Education, drew on international test... Read more »
Wednesday, October 14

It is auspicious that the U.N. International Day of the Girl Child falls on October 11, 2015, close on the heels of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. As the U.N. sets out to attain gender equality and women’s empowerment by 2030, the occasion provides an opportunity to highlight how adolescent girls are taking control of their... Read more »

Wednesday, October 14

For the analysis, Tessie Rose Bailey, a special education professor at Montana State University Billings, and Perry Zirkel, a professor of education and law at Lehigh University, assessed the number of court decisions across the country over the 34-year period by searching an electronic database of special education case law alongside... Read more »