May 11, 2016
By: Elissa Nadworny
Source: npr.org Public schools in the U.S. now have a majority of nonwhite students. That’s been the case since 2014, and yet children of color — especially boys — still lag behind their white peers. This story has been all over the media. It’s topic No. 1 at education conferences on university […]
May 10, 2016
By: Tim Mitchell
Source: rapidcityjournal.com Special education teachers are in such high demand across South Dakota that the state’s two largest school districts, in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, are hiring teachers in the demanding field even before they are fully certified. Sixty-one of the 364 teacher vacancies in the state — about 15 percent — are […]
May 10, 2016
By: Jill Barshay
Source: hechingerreport.com There’s a new narrative that U.S. schools are “resegregating” along racial lines. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights used the word “resegregation” in the headline of a recent press release and scheduled a briefing on the subject for May 20. And the word “resegregation” gets bandied about frequently at education conferences and in […]
May 10, 2016
By: Byrd Pinkteron
Source: npr.org In Sarah Parrish’s second-grade classroom, the colors are loud, but the kids are quiet. It’s Thursday morning. Her students sit at their desks, reading to themselves. Books about Ramona and Junie B. Jones. Mystery books, fantasy books … Marisa Sotelino has just finished Horse Diaries #3: Koda. She grins when […]
May 10, 2016
By: Mary Cooley
Source: disabilityscoop.com At first look, it’s hard to tell who in the peer mentoring program has autism and who is in regular education at Belleville’s Westhaven Elementary school. But then a balloon pops, and a kindergartner with autism shrieks — as would many regular eduction kindergartners — and a sixth-grader claps his […]
May 10, 2016
By: Benjamin Herold
Source: edweek.org Digital learning tools that fit well within existing classrooms and don’t disrupt the educational status quo tend to be the most widely adopted, despite their limited impact on student learning, an analysis of ed-tech products designed for higher education concludes. Experts say that pattern is also reflected in K-12, raising […]
May 9, 2016
By: Melinda Anderson
Source: theatlantic.com Much has been made recently of Detroit’s resurgence and growth. In January, President Obama made a swing through the Motor City, touting “something special happening in Detroit.” Yet the comeback has not been evenly felt across the city. The Michigan League for Public Policy’s 2016 Kids Count Data Profile revealed a […]
May 9, 2016
By: Nick Anderson
Source: washingtonpost.com Colleges should limit their use of questions about criminal records in the admissions process because the inquiries may unfairly deter many disadvantaged students from pursuing higher education, the federal government said in a new report. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. plans to discuss the report Monday in Los Angeles. […]
May 9, 2016
By: Sarah Gonser
Source: hechingerreport.org Maria-Elena Velásquez, a teacher-in-training, needed help, stat. Her fifth-grade student had jumped from his chair and was climbing onto his desk. “Sit down in your chair right now, please,” said head teacher Margaret Paulk, supervising from the back of the classroom. Her tone had the don’t-mess-with-me authority of a 25-year […]
May 9, 2016
By: Michelle Diament
Source: disabilityscoop.com As the U.S. Department of Education fielded a record number of civil rights complaints last year, the agency said nearly half alleged some form of disability discrimination. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights received over 4,800 complaints asserting violations of disability laws during the 2015 fiscal year, according to […]