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Listeners may have heard some of our series on Illinois special education students being sent out of state, many to “behavior modification” programs. One…
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In an attempt to relieve Illinois' severe teacher shortage, state lawmakers last year voted to remove a requirement known as the "basic skills test." That…
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Sean Crawford: All this week, Dusty has been sharing a series of stories about special education students placed in private facilities in other states —…
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An Illinois freelance journalist was inspired by his personal experience at CEDU — widely recognized as the flagship enterprise of the "troubled teen…
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In the 2017-18 school year, Illinois taxpayers funded the placement of close to 350 special education students at some 40 facilities in other states.…
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When Avital van Leeuwen was in 10th grade, she was into skateboarding, punk rock, smoking pot and feminism. Her home life was in turmoil in the aftermath…
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Every child in America has the right to a “free and appropriate public education,” thanks to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, signed into…
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In the 2017-18 school year, Illinois sent close to 350 students with special needs to private boarding schools in other states. The cost added up to more…
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The Illinois State Board of Education today amended emergency rules that had banned the use of certain physical restraints in schools. Those rules had…
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The Illinois State Board of Education is encouraging anyone with information about abusive time-out rooms or restraints in any school setting to share…