Center on Education Policy
January 2002
This 44-pager from Jack Jennings's Center on Education Policy contains three papers examining the federal special ed program and recommending that Congress make changes in it. While the three authors (Thomas Hehir, Lawrence Gloeckler, Margaret McLaughlin) don't entirely agree on how extensive these changes should be, they all point in the same direction: more focus on academic results, less burdensome paperwork, a more rational (and generous) funding system. We immodestly note that this is awfully similar to the policy territory covered-and conclusions reached-nine months ago in the joint Fordham-Progressive Policy Institute special ed volume, which you can find at http://www.edexcellence.net/doc/special_ed_final.pdf. To get this one, surf to http://www.cep-dc.org/specialeducation/timelyidea2002.htm.
