With the extended school closures due to COVID-19 throughout the United States, students are having to learn in entirely new ways and facing challenges when it comes to learning during these unprecedented times. The Continuity of Learning resource database offers information, tools, and resources to help educators, parents and families, and related service providers meet the educational, behavioral, and emotional needs of children and youth with disabilities through remote and virtual learning.
The STEMIE webpage provides early care and education systems and programs with resources to effectively engage young learners with disabilities in STEM exploration and learning...
In this webinar series, DEC and ECTA host various experts in the field of early childhood special education and early intervention in disrupting the pervasive...
This webpage is a compilation of resources on racial equity. It includes information on data, early education anti-racism, language and terminology, organizational culture and change...
This infographic document outlines how districts can examine discipline data, including exclusionary practices, among subgroups of students, to create "risk ratios."
States and LEAs must report five types of disciplinary removals for children and youth with disabilities. The EDFacts IDEA Discipline Data Infographic visualizes the information...
Educational systems cannot be considered effective until they are effective for all student groups. PBIS provides an ideal framework for increasing equity in student outcomes...
IDC’s Success Gaps Toolkit outlines a process that district and school teams can use to identify and address discipline disparities revealed through the state’s accountability...
This page lists resources developed by IDC and IDC partners on the topic of disproportionality, including white papers, presentations, rubrics and other tools.
This resource highlights the impact of Grow Your Own programs on overcoming barriers that lead to critical teacher shortages and provides State exemplars of successful...
This interactive map highlights factors that reflect and impact teacher supply and attrition in each of the 50 States, focusing on indicators such as teacher...
This guidebook supports Connecticut districts to create, implement and sustain initiatives for the selection and hiring of high-quality and diverse educator candidates. It includes a...
This interactive map provides a district-level analysis of the teacher supply and demand in California, examining indicators such as percent of beginning teachers, percent of...
Institutional education plays a critical role in reducing recidivism and increasing post-release success for youth in correctional facilities. Because education is so important, correctional facilities...
Various agencies at several levels of government are involved with providing services to youth with disabilities in correctional facilities and planning for their reentry into...
Resource page for coordinated aftercare services. Youth who receive appropriate aftercare services, including educational supports, immediately after release from a correctional facility are three times...
Youth with disabilities are disproportionately represented within correctional facilities, with nearly four times as many students requiring special education and related services in the adjudicated...
Overview and key principles of practice as they relate to facility-wide practices for juveline justice. Historically, juvenile correctional facilities have operated under a deficit- or...
Promoting family involvement of youth with disabilities in juvenile corrections is critical to improving educational outcomes, providing successful transition and reentry into homes and communities...
As a condition of receiving Federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), States must demonstrate to the U.S. Department of Education that...
