Part 1: A Visit with Special Education Rights Hero, Attorney Jack Robinson
We are so honored to have today’s guest with us for an inside look at a groundbreaking case in the field of special education litigation. Jack Robinson is a partner and co-founder of Spies, Powers, and Robinson, a law firm located in Denver, Colorado. He took one of the biggest cases in special education all the way to the US Supreme Court in 2017. In Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, Jack represented a family that sued their school district, claiming it did not provide their autistic son with an adequate education as required by federal law.
The monumental Supreme Court ruling in the case raised the standard that schools must meet in educating students with disabilities, potentially impacting millions of students across the country.
Show Highlights:
- How the background on the Endrew F. case actually began with the Supreme Court ruling on the Thompson School District v. Luke P. case in 2008
- Why the Endrew F. case originated because the child was making no progress or advancement on IEP goals or objectives, along with regressing behavior
- Why it’s disheartening when the concept of what’s “right for the child” is completely ignored
- Where the state of our education system is right now, with no spirit of collaboration with parents and a predominant “Us vs. Them” mentality
- The basic timeline of the Endrew F. case
- How due process and appeals in special education cases can take years, years, and more years
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