Being brought to a light are the abuses of many special education students in our schools. The Government Accountability Office is releasing a report today that details serious problems with the way children in public schools are being treated. The report was prepared for the House Education & Labor Committee which will implement new laws governing what actions teachers and administrators can take.

A UK teaching staff is in legal hot water and has been ordered to apologize to student Melanie-Rose Wichmann. Support assistant Carla Pearson was ruled to have not used appropriate strategies in dealing with Wichmann's condition.

An appalling story appearing on the front page of CNN.com today noting that many schools are still using or have recently used "seclusion" rooms as a means to isolate students with disabilities, inluding autism, when the need to calm them arises.