May 18, 2016
By: Melinda Anderson
Source: theatlantic.com On Martin Luther King Day in January—a day set aside to honor a man who fought against racial injustice—two black students at Boston Latin School (BLS) launched a social-media campaign to expose the racially hostile school climate they say exists at America’s first and oldest existing public school. #BlackatBLS soon cast […]
May 18, 2016
By: Jackie Mader
Source: hechingerreport.org It was almost the end of first period at Bret Harte Middle School when the five superintendents descended on math class. Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for […]
May 18, 2016
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: npr.org The U.S. Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges. It’s an ambitious experiment aimed at closing the attainment gap between rich and poor students in higher education. The Obama administration wants to give […]
May 18, 2016
By: Sydney Kern
Source: kdlt.com Professors at both Augustana and USF say there is a big need for students pursuing the career of special education both on the state and national level. However, getting the degree typically requires students to double major in both elementary education and special education, meaning it requires more time and […]
May 18, 2016
By: Patrick Wall
Source: chalkbeat.com Not long after Zaire Harley started high school, a guidance counselor pulled her aside and asked whether she’d like to do a “circle.” Though the counselor had never met Zaire, he’d heard that trouble was brewing between her and a girl who believed Zaire was gossiping about her. Zaire agreed […]
May 18, 2016
By: Tracy Brown
Source: theatlantic.com McCormack, a professor of literacy education at Rhode Island’s Roger Williams University, says the crisis felt more real as she watched the European news. “All I was seeing were images of Syrian families walking across Europe, and wondering what’s going to happen to them,” she says. “I thought what I […]
May 18, 2016
By: Jay Mathews
Source: washingtonpost.comwashingtonpost.com It’s hard to like the new, loosey-goosey Every Student Succeeds Act, the latest federal attempt to make schools better. Its predecessor, the No Child Left Behind Act, had problems, too, but at least it did not let our 50 states and the District — a mostly weak-willed bunch — decide […]
May 18, 2016
By: Michelle Diament
Source: disabilityscoop.com Federal education officials are reminding states and school districts that they have an obligation to provide special education services to kids with disabilities even if they live in institutional settings. In a letter sent recently, the U.S. Department of Education said that states and schools must ensure that they identify […]
May 18, 2016
By: Mary Madda
Source: edsurge.com Enid Rey is no stranger to controversy. A lawyer by training, she’s currently the head of the School Choice Department in Hartford, Connecticut’s public school system. In a city like Hartford, where most people of socioeconomic background and race don’t mix neighborhoods, Rey’s job has been, at least recently, to […]
May 18, 2016
By: Michelle Diament
Source: disabilityscoop.com A major television network is set to air a comedy about a family with a child who has special needs. ABC has picked up the 30-minute series “Speechless,” the network has confirmed to Disability Scoop. The show stars actress Minnie Driver as Maya DiMeo, a mother “who will do anything” […]