In an August 6, 2024 Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) conference session, U.S. Department of Education (USDE) presenters recommended that local and state school systems replicate and scale evidence-based promising practices for students with disabilities, rather than use new and quick fixes. According to Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten, “So many solutions to what our students need are actually already out there,” said Cindy Marten, deputy secretary of education. “They actually already exist, but they’re not there in place at a systemic level every day for every child, in every school, in every classroom across our country.”
In addition, OSEP Director Valerie Williams urged attendees to remove barriers to student success and to assume students with disabilities have academic strengths. Actions taken in that regard could include talking with young students about what they want to be when they grow up and preparing all students to be career ready, in accordance with their aspirations and academic strengths.
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