Word: ed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ed played great," Benson said. "Against Fordham he had 11 blocks in just one half. He is definitely about more than just making saves. He really was the quarterback for our defense this weekend, and one of the main reasons why our opponent's scores were kept...
...created post of special education administrator in Baltimore's public schools, estimates that 6,000 to 8,000 children have been inappropriately identified as disabled. John Mohamed, who until last February was principal of the city's Southeast Middle School, believes only 55 to 60 of the 160 special-ed kids at his school truly required special education. The rest, he says, just needed a little help to catch up to their peers. He calls special education "the most devastating problem" he has had to deal with. "No one stopped to ask, What is this costing the other kids...
David Rostetter, despite being legally blind and an ardent advocate for disabled children, estimates that Baltimore spends 35% more on special ed than it needs to. At last year's rate of spending, that's over $40 million, enough to cover the annual salaries of more than 1,000 mid-level teachers. "They have plenty of money," he snarls, with characteristic bluntness. "You can give these people $500 million. They'll piss it away." Baltimore's high special-ed costs come on top of the fact that Congress originally intended the Federal Government...
...system lost additional millions when its "third-party billing" office failed to pursue Medicaid reimbursement for certain special-ed services, revenue that has become a lifeline for urban districts around the country. In fact, for reasons unknown, the billing department's supervisor actively resisted seeking reimbursement. Says Grasmick: "It was shocking beyond belief that that kind of behavior was tolerated and that there was no sanctioning of that individual's behavior." The office is vigorously seeking reimbursement and has managed to recoup $13.3 million in just the first 10 months of the past fiscal year...
...Stanford staff member fairly pants at the opportunity to help students. She is Apache Rose, a four-year-old German shorthaired pointer and a licensed therapy dog belonging to physical-education teacher Monica Havelka. Apache was brought to school for the seventh-grade programs in health, science and phys ed, but she has become so popular that she now has kids of diverse backgrounds talking about her. She even has her own program to train older kids to handle therapy dogs--Apache Rose and Friends, or simply and cutely...