4 ideas for reforming IDEA

The 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act -- the country's primary federal special-education law -- is in need of reform, writes attorney Miriam Kurtzig Freedman, who represents public schools in cases involving special education, Section 504 and school law. Focusing on across-the-board improvements to education, eliminating diagnostic requirements as a condition for providing services and promoting collaboration rather than an adversarial relationship between parents and schools are among her suggestions. TheAtlantic.com (4/27)  http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/04/4-common-sense-proposals-for-special-education-reform/256435/