Thursday, December 1, 2011

Calif. District Still Fighting Special Ed. Case; Feds Ask Supreme Court to Decline

When a student in the Compton Unified School District in California was in 10th grade, her teachers found that her work was "gibberish and incomprehensible" and that she had failed every class. The school district referred the girl to a mental health counselor, who recommended that the student be evaluated for learning disabilities. The district didn't follow the recommendation, and it promoted the girl to the 11th grade, according to court papers.

Read more of Nirvi Shah's On Special Education article HERE.

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