Tag Archives: IDEA

Teachers@ED: Newton Piper, Customer Service Specialist, Office of Special Education Programs

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Editors Note: Teachers@ED profiles some of the hundreds of current and former educators who work at the U.S. Department of Education, and how their experiences in schools inform their work for the agency. When Newton Piper started out as a … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Story on How Early Intervention Services Helped Her Son

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Guest Blogger

Ed. Note: October 8, marks the 25th anniversary of President Reagan’s signing of the “Education for All Handicapped Children Act” (EAHCA) Amendments, which included for the first time, mandating services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. To … Continue reading →

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Kicking Off ED’s Leadership Mega Conference

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Alexa Posny

Yesterday, I had the great opportunity in joining Melody Musgrove, director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and Jim Shelton, assistant deputy secretary for Innovation and Improvement, in welcoming over 1,000 attendees to the Department of Education’s second … Continue reading →

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