August 26, 2016
By: Alan Judd
Source: disabilityscoop.org ATLANTA — For at least six months, state and federal officials swapped proposals and counterproposals on what to do about Georgia’s unique system of so-called psychoeducational schools. But neither side budged on the key issue: whether Georgia could continue segregating children with behavioral and emotional disabilities. Now the U.S. Department […]
August 11, 2016
Source: washingtonpost.com By: Valerie Strauss “Competency-based learning” is one of the new pushes in school reform — and there is a growing debate in the education world about whether it is a positive or negative trend. The basic idea is that kids learn a lesson, master it and move on to the next at their […]
August 11, 2016
Source: demoinesregister.com By: Mackenzie Ryan When her son, Evan, was an infant, a neurologist told Chelle Bisenius that he would never walk or talk. But through therapy initiated by one of the state’s area education agencies, Evan slowly made progress, beginning to form words, and then sentences. Therapists helped him develop skills he needed to navigate around school, such as […]
August 11, 2016
Source: latimes.com By: Kelly Corigan Kelly Duenckel had something important to tell her son, so she sat him down at the kitchen table in their Burbank home. It was early March, and the science lab that students rave about at John Muir Middle School was coming up. Many of her son’s seventh-grade classmates would get […]
August 11, 2016
Source: stnonline.com By: Barb Fasing Transporters must think like educators to help school districts overcome barriers to education for students with special needs, said presenter Pete Meslin during the recent STN EXPO in Reno, Nevada. “In transportation, we must think like educators,” Meslin, director of transportation for Newport-Mesa Unified School District in California, said during […]
August 11, 2016
By: Monica Disare
Source: chalkbeat.org One student said he was suspended from AP English after an argument with a teacher. Another, a new immigrant from the Philippines, said he feared getting suspended for a minor “mistake.” And a third pointed out that metal detectors and school safety officers were the first things many students see […]
August 11, 2016
Source: hechingerreport.org By: William Whitaker Most students celebrate being out of school for the summer, but hitting pause on learning and structure for just a few months can have big consequences. Evidence shows that high-quality summer learning programs set students up for success in school, in college, and in life. This is especially true for […]
August 11, 2016
Source: npr.org By: Anya Kamenetz A group of recent studies on technology in education, across a wide range of real-world settings, have come up far short of a ringing endorsement. The studies include research on K-12 schools and higher ed, both blended learning and online, and show results ranging from mixed to negative. A […]
August 11, 2016
Source: edweek.org By: Christina Samuels Students with disabilities who are frequently suspended from school may be missing out on the behavior supports they are entitled to, says new guidance released this week from the U.S. Department of Education. The “Dear Colleague” letter on the Inclusion of Behavioral Supports in Individualized Education Programs noted that 10 percent of students […]
August 11, 2016
Source: edsource.org By: Jane Meredith Adams Stuart Candell was a 9-year-old, underweight, intellectually gifted student with autism, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder when, with the consent of his parents, his home school district Oakland Unified placed him at the Anova Center for Education Contra Costa in 2013. Stuart had a history of biting, hitting […]