Day: June 1, 2022

Forthcoming at AJE | More Money Is Not Enough: (Re)Considering Policy Proposals to Increase Federal Funding for Special Education by Tammy Kolbe, Elizabeth Dhuey, and Sara Menlove Doutre.

There are long standing concerns about the sufficiency and fairness in federal funding for special education programs. In response, the Biden-Harris Administration has proposed significant new funding for state and local grants authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The proposals assume, however, that the current formula will be used to distribute funding
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AJE Feature | Is Responsiveness to Student Voice Related to Academic Outcomes? Strengthening the Rationale for Student Voice in School Reform by Joseph Kahne, Benjamin Bowyer, Jessica Marshall and Erica Hodgin

The full-length American Journal of Education article by Kahne et al. can be accessed here. In June of 2020, as protests broke out around the nation in response to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, students at Burroughs High School on Chicago’s South Side were frustrated at the lack of discussions taking place in
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