May 31, 2016
By: Danielle Dreilinger
Source: nola.com At Audubon Charter School in Uptown New Orleans, preschoolers sat silently, absorbed in the task of using tweezers to place miniature pompoms in cups. Each carried a personally tailored list of skills for the day. Down the hall, another preschool teacher held up two bags of flour and asked in French, “Quelle […]
May 31, 2016
By: Elissa Nadworny
Source: npr.org Mel Atkins has spent most of his life with Grand Rapids Public Schools in Michigan. He graduated from Ottawa Hills High, where he played baseball. But his real love was bowling. He says he’s bowled 22 perfect games. He’s been a teacher and principal in the city’s public schools. And […]
May 27, 2016
By: Eleanor Goetzinger
Source: tulsaworld.com School will be out soon, and school districts are frantically searching for special education teachers to fill their positions for the next school year. The special education teacher shortage throughout our nation means that all students with special needs will not be appropriately served. More students are now being identified […]
May 27, 2016
By: Evie Blad
Source: edweek.org The Obama administration’s guidance to schools on the rights of transgender students has provoked protests from conservative governors and drawn a forceful legal challenge from11 states that are seeking to block the directive. The U.S. departments of Justice and Education assert that, under Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in educational settings, […]
May 26, 2016
By: Rachel Rice
Source: statesman.com If a parent, school board member or district staff requests a camera be placed in a special education classroom in the state of Texas, the request must be honored, according to Senate Bill 507, passed in the 84th legislative session. The Lake Travis school board heard a presentation on the […]
May 26, 2016
By: Emily Deruy
Source: theatlantic.com DENVER— Colorado businesses are enjoying a robust recovery from the recession. Good jobs and great quality of life are luring college graduates to the state. But Colorado’s own students are at a disadvantage. By 2020, three-quarters of Colorado’s jobs are likely to require some kind ofeducation beyond high school. Right now, about […]
May 26, 2016
By: Beth Fertig
Source: npr.org Take a look at your hand, right or left, it doesn’t matter. Now imagine every finger represents a word. How many sentences can you come up with? I think therefore I am. Don’t sweat the small stuff. All you need is love. Ximena Martinez, from Texas, thought this one was […]
May 26, 2016
By: Jaclyn Zubryzycki
Source: edweek.org On a brisk spring morning, two middle schoolers were screwing pieces of plywood together to create a garden bed on the campus of a former elementary school in the north end of the city. Working under the watchful eyes of the school’s staff farmer, the students were helping to build […]
May 26, 2016
By: Natalie Deford
Source: thenewstribune.com Sometimes Bobby Costello needs help. Sometimes he gives it. Recently the 20-year-old was working at the Emergency Food Network in Lakewood, repacking food for families in need. “It’s a very rewarding experience knowing that no one will go hungry,” he said. Costello is one of the 15 special education students […]
May 26, 2016
By: Emily Deruy
Source: theatlantic.com A research team in Chicago has spent a year studying whether students who are taught to be in touch with their emotions do better academically. And they say the initial results are promising. Perhaps counterintuitively, when kids take a break from a classroom lesson on the solar system to spend […]