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Understanding Special Ed in NH

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In part, NH provides special education services to children with qualifying disabilities because the federal government requires NH to do so and conditions the provision of millions of dollars in federal aid on NH’s compliance with federal standards. 

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Op-Ed: Judges, Guns and Mifeprestone

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At this time of year, the US Supreme Court is nearing the end of its term and releases bunches of decisions as if cleaning out its collective desk before going on summer break and preparing things for next year’s crop of justices. 

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Op-Ed: The Dumbing Down of Minimum Standards

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Think of it. If you followed the state’s approach, teachers would be fired each year and replaced with new grads who would teach grades of children all of which would be perfectly divisible by 25, because if there were 26 children in a class, the district would need two teachers each teaching a class of 13 children and this would break the cost model.

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California’s Early School Funding Litigation and Updates on ConVal/Rand, Flynn Historical Marker Cases

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The California Supreme Court found that education is a fundamental right because “education is the lifeline of both the individual and society” and “a major determinant of an individual’s chances for economic and social success in our competitive society [and]…[as] a unique influence on a child’s development as a citizen and his participation in political and community life.”