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DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

DePaul's Student Newspaper — Since 1923

The DePaulia

Illinois restricts how students are secluded and restrained

Illinois restricts how students are secluded and restrained

Associated Press / February 20, 2020

The Illinois State Board of Education voted unanimously to adopt permanent rules that ban the use of locked seclusion rooms and prohibit schools from using prone restraint, a move that restricts the state’s...

Governor J.B. Pritzker waves to the crowd as he participates in Sunday's pride parade.

Pritzker’s emergency order restricts timeout rooms in schools

Associated Press / November 21, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday ordered the state’s public schools to immediately restrict the use of isolation rooms for students who don’t pose a clear safety...

Panel at DePaul highlights Chicago’s struggle with special education

John Blocher / February 22, 2015

On May 22, 2013, Chicago voted to close 50 public schools.  Among those most affected were special needs students.  Last week DePaul’s College of Education  held a panel discussion to inform listeners...

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