AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up: 2/1-2/5
February 5, 2016
What a week. America is confounded by more than the Iowa Caucus results. The paradoxes of PreK, encouraging statistics about inclusion for students with disabilities, and the uncertain meaning of a high school diploma are sending educators and policy makers into existential crisis mode.
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Report: Inclusion On Rise In Nation’s Schools
A growing number of students with disabilities are spending most of the day in regular education classrooms alongside their typically-developing peers, according to new federal statistics.
How Expanding Access To And Improving The Quality Of Early Education Can Help Us Fulfill Our Promise To Students With Disabilities
Since 2013, expanding access to and improving the quality of Early Childhood Education (ECE) for the nation’s children has been a chief priority of the Obama administration’s …
What It Means That The High School Diploma Is Now A Moving Target
Arizona rescinded the AIMS requirement, and made that retroactive.
Early Childhood Education:
Lots Of Talk, But Not Much Action (Yet)
Business leaders, law enforcement, retired military leaders, charitable foundations, and Nobel-winning economists—not to mention President Obama—support better preschool. Why hasn’t there been.
To Connect With Candidates, School Recruiters Hone Social Media Skills
District recruiters like Oestreich see use of social-media platforms as a necessary next step in teacher recruitment.
Spending In Nation’s Schools Falls Again, With Wide Variation Across States
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James is accusing the Department of Education of failing to provide services to students with special needs as a result of a flawed …
Why Oklahoma’s Public Preschools Are Some Of The Best In The Country.
Oklahomans trend conservative, yet they’ve embraced free, universal early education.
Are Low-Income Families Connecting To The Internet? Yes, But Not Easily, Survey Finds.
The good news: Nine in ten low- and moderate-income families have an Internet connection, according to a new report.