July 28, 2016
Source: edweek.org By: Benjamin Herold Some test questions are likely harder to answer on tablets than on laptop and desktop computers, presenting states and districts with a new challenge as they move to widespread online assessments. Analyses by test providers and other organizations have pointed to evidence of small but significant “device effects” for tests […]
July 28, 2016
Source: chalkbeat.org By: Emmy Bouvier As an elementary school teacher in Brooklyn, I applaud the mayor’s recommendations, released last week, for ending suspensions in kindergarten through second grade and reforming the Department of Education’s metal detector policy. As one of many teachers concerned about the future of New York City school children, I’m glad the […]
July 28, 2016
Source: latimes.com By: Joy Resmovits The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines aimed at preventing schools from discriminating against the growing numbers of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In a letter to school districts and a “know your rights” document to be posted on its website Tuesday, the department said schools must obey […]
July 27, 2016
Source: edweek.org By: Daarel Burnette II States look hard at what’s required to meet ESSA’s mandate States scrambling to come up with more nuanced ways to measure school quality under the new federal K-12 law are running smack into an old problem: how to make sure they have the right data. The Every Student Succeeds […]
July 27, 2016
Source: edweek.org By: Christina Samuels Kentucky Education Commissioner Stephen Pruitt is sending state staffers to the Jefferson County school district to investigate underreporting of restraint and seclusion in the 101,000-student district. The Louisville Courier-Journal, which has been investigating restraint and seclusion incidents in the state’s largest school system, reported this week that Pruitt called the […]
July 27, 2016
Source: edweek.org By: Joy Resmovit The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidelines aimed at preventing schools from discriminating against the growing numbers of students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. In a letter to school districts and a “know your rights” document to be posted on its website Tuesday, the department said schools must obey […]
July 27, 2016
Source: reuters.com By: Elaine Lies and Kwiyeon Ha A knife-wielding man broke into a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo early on Tuesday and killed 19 patients as they slept, authorities said, Japan’s worst mass killing since World War Two. At least 25 other residents were wounded in the attack at […]
July 21, 2016
By: Jessie Singal
Source: nymag.com If you’ve been following coverage of Pokémon Go, the mobile game that hastaken over the internet and a disturbingly large chunk of human life in general, you may have seen claims that the game is having a beneficial impact on kids with autism spectrum disorders, or ASD. Sometimes, kids with […]
July 21, 2016
By: Melinda D. Anderson
Source: theatlantic.com A new study shows such courses prompted self-exploration and openness in marginalized kids. Last summer, the high-school English teacher T.J. Whitaker revised the reading list for his contemporary literature course with the addition of a new title—The Savage City, a gritty nonfiction account of race and murder in New York […]
July 21, 2016
Source: edweek.org A deep gulf between the educational experiences of traditionally disadvantaged student groups and their peers on a broad range of indicators persists in U.S. public schools, according to new federal data. Here are some major highlights from the latest Civil Rights Data Collection—data on more than 50 million students collected from more than […]