Teach Effectively!

Marvin Garbis, a U.S. District Court Judge, received a request from the Maryland Department of Education that it be allowed to have state-appointed administrators oversee the special education programs in Baltimore. Earlier the MD state department proposed a take-over of the local education agency (LEA). Representatives of the LEA claim that the state does not provide adequate funds for special education services.

The case originally came about because students with disabilities were not receiving mandated services. However, it is resolved, I hope someone is paying attention to the need for research-based services and not allowing the funds to be frittered away on some of the nonesense that is typical of education.

• A story in the Baltimore Sun
• The most recent Washington Post story.
• An earlier story from WBAL (also picked up by MSNBC).