Education

Our Position

Investing in a successful educational experience is the major route for individuals with disabilities to become independent, productive, and contributing members of their communities. NDRN believes children with disabilities have the right to a free appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment.

NDRN works to ensure that education legislation taken up by Congress addresses the needs of students with disabilities and that Department of Education rules and regulations benefit students with disabilities.

Taking Action

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Support for Highly Qualified Teachers

One issue that has come to the forefront of discussion in recent weeks, is the language included in the last Continuing Resolution that concerns the definition of a “highly qualified teacher” that is required by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The language in the current Continuing Resolution overturned a 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Renee v. Duncan that voided a Education Department regulation online casino bonus that allows states to classify teachers as “highly qualified” who are in the beginning or middle of alternative route teacher education programs.

Press Release
Letter to President Obama
Supporting Organizations Names and Descriptions
Letter to House Appropriations Committee

Resources

Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights Hearing on “Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline” December 12, 2012 2:00 p.m.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education : (A huge database of articles on education related issues)
Research Projects Funded by the U.S. D.O.E., O.S.E.P: (Contains a vast array of information on related topics)
Safe and Responsive Schools Center, Indiana University: (Contains information/models re: how school districts can pro-actively create schools that are safe for all students.)
Disability Related Non-Profits
Parent Training Centers/PTIs

Webcast

Advocating For the Rights of Students with Diabetes (11/14/2011)

Issues