What Every Special Educator Must Know: The International Standards for the Preparation and Certification of Special Education Teachers,...

The case of Sacramento City Unified School District v. Rachel H was decided by the supreme court in 1994. This landmark victory ensured...

In 1992 the CEC Business Award was established to recognize a business or organization that promoted the full participation of...

In 1991 The Council for Exceptional Children published materials on multicultural education. Included in these publications was a major...

In 1990 the reauthorization of the Education for Handicapped Children Act renamed the law to the Individuals with Disabilities Education...

The Quality Education Act was passed in the New Jersey legislature on May 24, 1990. The act was created to address facility problems,...

In 1990 CEC published a student Newsletter titled STEPS (Striving toward Enhancing Professional Success). The targeted audience of the...

After the the Willowbrook Consent Judgement was issued, Willowbrook State Developmental Center was taken to court several more times...

The Willowbrook State Developmental Center in New York is an example of horrific treatment of people with disabilities. The inhumane...

Public Law 99-483 stated that the month of March 1987 would be designated “National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.”...

The Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 91-230) was passed by congress in 1970. This act amended the Elementary and Secondary...

Public Law 99-457 was adopted on October 8, 1986 under the title “Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986.” These amendments...

The Clarissa Hug Teacher of the Year award was established in 1984 to honor a CEC member who’s work demonstrates the best in special...

An early post on Day 40 discussed the publication of the Professional Standards for Personnel in Education in 1966. Seventeen years later...