2021 Education
Education
Advocating for Equal Education of Students for Disabilities
- Provided analytic, writing and editing support to Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to develop and publish the 42nd Annual Report to Congress (2020) on the Implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a 334-page report on our nation’s progress in (1) providing a free and appropriate public education for children with disabilities, (2) providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, (3) ensuring that the rights of children with disabilities and their parents are protected, (4) assisting States and localities in providing IDEA services to all children with disabilities, and (5) assessing the effectiveness of efforts to provide IDEA services to children with disabilities.
- Provided meeting logistics and administrative support for multiple virtual and in-person meetings to support the Department of Education Office of Secondary Supports’ State assessment peer reviews. New Editions successfully supported all meetings in virtual environment in response to COVID-19. The peer reviews were conducted by subject matter experts to ensure that the States are meeting the requirements of Title 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, which promotes educational excellence and equity so that by the time students graduate high school they have mastered the knowledge and skills they will need to be successful in college and in the workforce.
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