Kevin Golembiewski

September 24, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Equal educational opportunity, however, has proven elusive for ELLs—the EEOA's promise to them has not been realized. A significant achievement gap exists between ELLs and other students.

By Kevin Golembiewski

5 minute read

March 20, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Department of Education did not do its homework. In 2018, it halted Obama-era regulations that address racial disparities in special education, but according to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the department did not perform the necessary analysis before doing so.

By Kevin Golembiewski

7 minute read

October 03, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

When a child with disabilities needs an accommodation to access school, her parents can request it. If the accommodation is reasonable, federal and state civil rights laws require the school to provide it.

By Kevin Golembiewski

5 minute read

June 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Special education law is rewarding, and it offers young attorneys unique professional opportunities. I know from my own experience.

By Kevin Golembiewski

1 minute read

March 21, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education nearly 70 years ago, segregation is still a reality in our public schools. But today's segregation is more subtle. It's de facto segregation—the days of communities intentionally segregating students are behind us. So they say.

By Kevin Golembiewski

5 minute read

December 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the greatest threats to equality is complacency. Those who do nothing while witnessing injustice and wrongdoing, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, do worse than those who commit acts of injustice.

By Kevin Golembiewski

6 minute read

October 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Fee shifting is critical to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The IDEA promises all children with disabilities a free and appropriate public education, but absent the IDEA's fee-shifting provision, many parents would be unable to enforce that promise.

By Kevin Golembiewski

12 minute read