January 22, 2020
By: Alison Bosma, Daily News Staff
Source: Telegram.com MILFORD – Each time the bright green sprouts of newly planted lettuce push through the dirt-and-compost mixture in the high school’s indoor salad bar garden, the students tending them are thrilled anew. “Every time they start with a seed, they get super-excited when it first grows,” special education […]
January 22, 2020
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive A Vermont bill that would make school meals free for all students is just one example of how anti-hunger advocates are pushing in the direction of universal school meals. Concerns over lunch shaming, unpaid meal debt and proposals from the Trump administration to tighten eligibility for nutrition programs are being met […]
January 21, 2020
By: Naaz Modan
Source: Education Dive The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a crucial case on the First Amendment this week that could, depending on its outcome, have significant fallout for public schools. “It will be a virtual earthquake,” Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, an organization that is a key […]
January 20, 2020
By: Patrick Lavery
Source: NJ 101.5 FM MONTCLAIR — Ten New Jersey students with autism are the recipients of scholarships designed to further their skills and education in the fundamentals of computer coding and web and game design. The NXT GEN Coders Program is made possible through a grant from Autism Speaks and GameStop. The students are […]
January 20, 2020
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop The Food and Drug Administration missed its own deadline to finalize a ban on devices used to administer electric shocks on people with developmental disabilities. The agency said in late 2018 that it intended to finalize a 2016 proposal to disallow so-called electrical stimulation devices. At the time, the FDA said regulations would be […]
January 17, 2020
By: Eric Wicklund
Source: mHealth Intelligence It’s time to add another subject to the school curriculum: telehealth. In schools across the country, the nurse’s office is being turned into a telehealth station, offering on-demand access to care providers for that nagging cough, sniffle or infection that would otherwise necessitate a phone call and an inconvenient trip […]
January 16, 2020
By: Katie Turner
Source: WCBD Count On News 2 NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- Friends of all ages and abilities meet once a month at the Charleston Convention Center for a kickball tournament. While the sport itself can teach lifelong skills; friendship is at the forefront. The idea was sparked when the North Charleston Recreation Department realized […]
January 14, 2020
By: Laura Faith Kebede
Source: Chalkbeat Before this month, just one student between kindergarten and second grade, a white boy, was identified as gifted at Treadwell Elementary School in Memphis, where half of the students are black, more than a third are Hispanic, and just 4% are white. Now, eight other students have joined him after […]
January 13, 2020
By: Laura McKenna
Source: The Hechinger Report With plumed caps and braided epaulets for miles, marching bands are a staple of the high school football game. Students stride purposefully around the field with piccolos and tubas, and synchronize their steps to Billy Joel medleys, homages to Mary Poppins and even a snappy march or two from […]
January 10, 2020
By: Diana Lambert
Source: EdSource Due to statewide teacher shortages, many of California’s approximately 800,000 special education students are being taught by teachers who haven’t completed teacher preparation programs or have received only partial training. There were more special education teachers with substandard credentials than in any other subject area in 2017-18, the most recent year for […]