As confirmation hearings for attorney general begin today, it is crucial to question and critically examine Sen. Jeff Sessions’ assumptions about disability — particularly in young students. In a speech on the Senate floor in 2000, when Congress was considering reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Alabama Republican described a boy with emotional disabilities […]
Thomas Hehir
Thomas Hehir is the Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor of Practice in Learning Differences at Harvard Graduate School of Education and served as director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from 1993 to 1999.