May 4, 2016
By: Christina Samuels
Source: blogs.edweek.org At least in part, it’s because students with disabilities are not being exposed to the kind of instruction that would allow them to pass these tests. The findings come from documents produced by the National Center on Educational Outcomes and the National Center on Systemic Improvement. Both federally funded entities work to improve […]
May 4, 2016
By: Christina Samuels
Source: blogs.edweek.org For toddlers and young children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, the first order of treatment isn’t for the child—it’s for the parents. That means teaching caregivers several concrete strategies for guiding their child’s behavior. This therapy is the preferred first option for children ages 2-5 with ADHD. But about three-quarters of […]
May 4, 2016
By Corey Mitchell
Source: blogs.edweek.org Immigrant children living in the United States as unaccompanied minors have been blocked or discouraged from registering for school in at least 35 districts in 14 states, an Associated Press investigation has found. In the past three years, the federal government has placed more than 100,000 unaccompanied minors with adult […]
May 4, 2016
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: edweek.org Despite what Star Trek’s Mr. Spock would have you think, emotions are not the enemy of reason. Rather, new research suggests emotions underpin how students learn in the classroom. “People think of emotion getting in the way of cognition, but it doesn’t. Emotion steers our thinking; it’s the rudder that […]
May 4, 2016
By: Matt Levinson
Source: edutopia.org As a history teacher, I always took it as a badge of honor when, at the end of a presidential election cycle, my students were unable to figure out who I had voted for. I felt that I had done my job, masking any bias that I might have toward […]
May 3, 2016
By: Sarah Cwiek
Source: npr.org Nearly all of Detroit’s 97 public schools were closed Monday because too many teachers called in sick. Teachers there have known for months that Detroit Public Schools will run out of money after June, unless lawmakers approve hundreds of millions of additional dollars. But anger boiled over when they found […]
May 3, 2016
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: blogs.edweek.org Fifteen years of new programs, testing, standards, and accountability have not ended racial achievement gaps in the United States. The Stanford Education Data Archive, a massive new database that allows researchers to compare school districts across state lines has led to the unwelcome finding that racial achievement gaps yawn in […]
May 3, 2016
By: Benjamin Herold
Source: blogs.edweek.org Although researchers have yet to reach a consensus on whether ‘Internet addiction’ is real, parents are increasingly—and justifiably—concerned about their children’s technology and media usage, according to a new report released today by Common Sense Media. The tonic, the report suggests, is a “balanced” technology diet for children that includes tech-free […]
May 3, 2016
By: Kathy Kelker
Source: missoulian.com John (not his real name), a 5-year old in a Billings public school kindergarten class, was born with disabilities that affect his physical dexterity and his ability to speak clearly. He has been eligible for special services since birth and receives special instruction as well as speech, occupational and physical […]
May 2, 2016
By: Jay Mathews
Source: Washingtonpost.com The biggest difference between schools I attended a half-century ago and schools I visit now is special education: It took a while for our country to grasp how to help students with extra needs. Many were amazed when Richard Rothstein and Karen Hawley Miles of the Economic Policy Institute revealed that […]