New York, NY - City Signs Contract to Better Track Needs for 190,000 Special Education Children

New York, NY - The New York City Department of Education, long criticized for a haphazard approach to special education, has signed a $55 million contract with a Virginia company to overhaul the way it tracks information about 190,000 students with disabilities. Advocates say that the new system is desperately needed, and that it will replace an antiquated computer system, which is...