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Opinion. Focuses on the accomplishments of Andy Berk, a student of the University of California at Berkeley who suffers with cerebral palsy. Emotional impact of his leaving home on his parents; Work done in preparation for his arrival at the university; Details on the family's exposure to persons with disabilities.

The article reports on a May 2007 California Board of Education decision not to use an alternate high school exit exam for students with disabilities, though they do recommend modifications and accommodations as needed. The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) was used first with the graduating class of 2006, but students with disabilities were not required to participate. The California state legislature will make the final decision on how to apply the CAHSEE to students with disabilities.

Presents letters to the editor of "Education Week" for February 2, 2002. Reader response to articles on the subjects of desegregation, teacher effectiveness, grading systems, schools in "real world' environs, the education system in California, and teacher unions; Discussion of "digital assistance" for special needs students with writing disabilities.

Details how a school district in Anaheim, California, developed a system of accountability in the area of reading among students with disabilities. Groundwork for developing a system of accountability; Development of key performance indicators as a measure of accountability; Documentation of student progress in reading programs.

Examines a court case involving handicapped students in San Francisco, California, who were expelled from school. Overview of the Education of the Handicapped Act; Amendments to the state education code allowing suspensions of up to 30 days; Issue as to whether a court may order states to provide services directly to a handicapped child when the local agency has failed to do so.

The Cabrillo High School, with a study-skills class, helps students with disabilities learn how to learn. The assignment looks simple for an 11th grader. Students are taught to use a weekly planner to write down homework assignments. This special education class, dubbed "Strategies for Success," gives its four students, at Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, California, as well as their peers in other classes, the boost they need to perform well on state tests and earn high school diplomas. Strategies for Success is part of a district-wide undertaking to help students with disabilities meet state standards, spend as much of the day as possible in general education classes and perform at levels once thought to be unreachable.

Reflects on the decision of kindergarten school, Temple of Israel of Hollywood Day School in Los Angeles, California, to accept a student with Down syndrome. Information on the student; Reason behind the decision; Lessons gained from having a student with Down syndrome.

Presents news briefs related to the handicapped in the United States as of June 2001. Failure of the city of Sacramento, California to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act; Opposition to the proposal of Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift and the State Education Department to give certificates to disabled children who failed the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment Test.

Presents education-related news briefs from around the United States as of June 7, 2000. Shortage of high school classrooms; Ruling of a federal magistrate on the expulsion of a disabled student involved in vandalism in Madison, Wisconsin; Daytime prom at Phoenix High School in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Presents education-related news briefs from across the United States as of June 9, 1999. Investigation on whether thousands of students in Los Angeles, California, were improperly identified as having disabilities; Announcement of the first round of indictments in a number of school-related investigation in Arizona; Suit filed against the parents of the assailants in the Columbine High School shooting incident in Colorado.

Comments on the musical performances of various bands which appeared at the eighth annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California on the weekend of October 1, 1994. How the Bridge School, for severely disabled children, was cofounded by Neil Young's wife, Pegi; Concert headliners Neil Young, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Pearl Jam; Other performers; Neil Young's tribute to Kurt Cobain.