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...
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...
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...