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— Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the U.S.

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Questions Continue Over Canceled Special Education Contract

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

The state education department spent three weeks vehemently defending its decision to pay $4 million to a relatively...

Advocates Call on State to Suspend Special Education Project Amid Privacy Concerns

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Two statewide education groups are demanding the Texas Education Agency suspend its...

TEA Audit Dismisses Concerns Over Award of Special Education Contract

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

Texas Education Agency auditors dismissed concerns lodged by the agency's former special education director who...

Firing Leaves Texas Without a Special Education Director at a Critical Time

HOUSTON CHRONICLE

After just over three months on the job, the state's special education director was fired last week after she filed...

Four things Texans want the Legislature to know about special education

TEXAS TRIBUNE

Last month, The Texas Tribune asked parents and educators what they think lawmakers should do before the Legislature adjourns. Here’s what they said....

Not So Special Ed

TEXAS MONTHLY

Public school parents with special-ed kids often find themselves squaring off against school districts and the taxpayer-funded lawyers who protect them.

In May of 2009, an Austin mother by the name of Cheryl Fries filed a lawsuit against the Eanes Independent School District for denying her daughter, Claire, who suffered from cerebral .....