New York City's education department hired ten additional lawyers to focus on disputes over special ed, including the education of autistic students.

FORBES: A Costly Education

If ARPA-ED does move forward and, after a few years, the Department of Education suggests that the initiative is a success because of the investment it has seeded independent of the success in actual adoption, this will be a sham.

FORBES: The Magical--and Flawed--DARPA Analogy?

The Department of Education has a great primer on the thinking behind and the plan for ARPA-ED here.

FORBES: The Magical--and Flawed--DARPA Analogy?