Beyond Compliance

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ISBN: 9798895570609

Reclaiming Agency in Special Education

Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides, Mildred Boveda, Tania May

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Harvard Educational Publishing Group
10 March 2026

Teacher training; Teaching of special educational needs; Teaching of students with emotional & behavioural difficulties

An astute analysis of how the US Individuals with Disabilities Education Act is enacted in K–12 schools and a clarion call for a shift away from perfunctory compliance and toward true equity

In Beyond Compliance, Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides underscores the urgent need for change in how US schools implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Voulgarides finds that, although the landmark legislation has benefited millions of eligible public school students with disabilities, it has also indirectly amplified educational inequities, such as the enduring problem of racial disproportionality in special education across classifications, placements, and disciplinary outcomes. Through analysis of the latest research and stories of special education in action, Voulgarides shows that IDEA’s success depends greatly on how it is interpreted and applied by educators and school administrators.

The book guides practitioners in a critical examination of special education policies and procedures in their institutions. It provides critical tools, concepts, and question prompts to analyze IDEA compliance and its equity impacts on individuals and systems. It gives an actionable framework to help educators recognize the paradox of compliance—where adherence to the letter of the law does not always produce favorable outcomes for students—and its contributing factors, and to identify pathways for transformation that move toward racial and ability equity at the local level.

Ultimately, Voulgarides makes a compelling case for schools to practice a more adaptive compliance to IDEA legislation to provide meaningful educational access and opportunity.

By: Catherine Kramarczuk Voulgarides
Afterword by: Mildred Boveda
Foreword by: Tania May
Imprint: Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm,
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9798895570609
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 March 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Catherine Voulgarides is an associate professor at CUNY-Hunter College, where she focuses on educational inequities, particularly in special education, disability studies, and how legal frameworks shape access and equity in schools. She is also a faculty affiliate at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College and at the Urban Education Program at the CUNY Graduate Center. Previously, she worked as a special education teacher in New York City public schools.

Reviews for Beyond Compliance: Reclaiming Agency in Special Education

""In this important new book, Voulgarides demonstrates how special education programs aimed at supporting children with learning disabilities have focused on compliance with our laws, while in too many cases, they leave students languishing in our schools. She shows that by shifting the focus to one that ensures there is evidence that the needs of students are met, special education can be used to drive educational opportunity for some of our nation's most vulnerable students.""--Pedro Noguera, Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California ""Today, uncovering 'us' is fraught. The US, state by state and collectively, struggles to remember whose voices belong. Schools shape what belonging means. Voulgarides reminds us that we achieve an inclusive society by pushing to create emancipatory learning spaces that allow our children to thrive in today's and tomorrow's worlds.""--Elizabeth B. Kozleski, retired professor of education, Stanford University