General

Put America on Trial for the Crime of Poverty & Homelessness

I am in Boston with my son and the light of my life, Andrew. We were sitting in the lobby of our hotel and chatting with a woman who works in the hotel shop that sells newspapers, toiletries, souvenirs, etc. We have developed so many special relationships with employees in this hotel after 16 years

Put America on Trial for the Crime of Poverty & Homelessness Read More »

Senators Alexander and Murray Get it Wrong for America’s School-Age Children

  Today, Senator Lamar Alexander, Chair of the Senate HELP Committee and Senator Patty Murray, ranking Democrat, reached agreement on a reauthorization of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. They have titled their legislation, the “Every Child Achieves Act of 2015,”….I am gagging already. They think this is an improvement over the last reauthorization known as

Senators Alexander and Murray Get it Wrong for America’s School-Age Children Read More »

Some Michigan Special Education History: A Lesson for All States

Michigan once had a proud heritage of believing in the educational rights of our students with disabilities. But what has transpired over the past 39 years is not worthy of our history books or a wondrous fairy tale of children’s dreams come true. For Michigan’s 200,000 students with Individualized Education Programs (IEP), it has been

Some Michigan Special Education History: A Lesson for All States Read More »

Scroll to Top