AcceliBEAT Weekly Recap 2/22 – 2/26
February 26, 2016
As Black History Month comes to an end and we remember the great strides made for African Americans in education throughout the past two centuries, we are reminded this week of how issues of discrimination, disproportionality, and segregation in schools are far from over. Meanwhile, the nation revisits the question of paperwork as it relates to special ed teacher shortages, as some districts struggle to deliver the services children with special needs require.
Stay up to date on these issues, and find out how the Obamas plan to use technology to help close achievement gaps for students with disabilities, minorities and those in poverty in this week’s Accelibeat!
Do you remember how it felt when you first read what would eventually become your favorite book? For many students, that’s a feeling that’s hard to come
by—books aren’t always cheap or easily accessible, especially when school budgets are stretched thin…
7 African American Women Who Broke The Glass Ceiling In Education
In honor of Black History Month, we are celebrating 7 extraordinary
black female educators.
Special Ed Crisis: Caseloads Grow, Providers Decline, Children Suffer
Four-year-old Jazmiah Vasquez is a happy child, who enjoys going to school every day, her mom says …
Proposed Rule To Help Minority Students In Special Education
The Obama administration says too many minority students are being singled out for special education and is asking states to address the issue.
ABA Therapy Hard To Come By Despite Mandates
All morning at the Autism Academy of South Carolina, 6-year-old Brooke Sharpe has been doing what her therapist tells her to do: build a Mr. Potato Head; put together a four-piece puzzle of farm animals; roll a tennis ball.
Los Angeles’ Bold Move To Reform Special Education
Public schools in Los Angeles have experienced rapid change in the last decade, and graduation rates for the city’s 80,000 special needs students have nearly doubled since 2003. But greater transitions lie ahead: the district plans to transfer these students from special education centers to neighborhood schools.
Schools Doing Little To Ease Special Ed Paperwork Burden
Efforts to limit the administrative burden schools face in serving students in special education have been met with little enthusiasm, a federal investigation finds.
How Can Schools Adapt To Gentrification?