March 10, 2016
By: Sarah Tully and Christina A. Samuels
Source: edweek.org A federal judge has reversed an order that would have allowed the release of 10 million California student records to attorneys tied to a special-education lawsuit, making the decision after parent protests. No data was transferred. Instead, the student files will remain under the control of the […]
March 8, 2016
By: Emma Brown
Source: washigtonpost.com Nancy Hanks was standing in an elevator, her eyes fixed on her cell phone, when the doors opened onto a familiar face. It was one of her former students, a boy she had expelled from the school she led in one of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods. She was flooded with fear. What […]
March 8, 2016
By: Benjamin Herold
Source: edweek.org Developing new software for K-12 schools. Investing in hot ed-tech startups. Donating tens of millions of dollars to schools experimenting with fresh approaches to customizing the classroom experience. All are part of a new, multi-pronged effort by Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, to […]
March 8, 2016
By: Eric Westervelt
Source: npr.org Has American education research mostly languished in an echo chamber for much of the last half century? Harvard’s Thomas Kane thinks so. Why have the medical and pharmaceutical industries and Silicon Valley all created clear paths to turn top research into game-changing innovations, he asks, while education research mostly remains […]
March 7, 2016
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: washingtonpost.com In 2012, I published a post with this headline, “Sick of grit already.” Here it is 2016, and not only has “grit” become one of the watchwords in the education reform debate, but now some powers that be think they can teach it, measure it and test it. Despite the […]
March 7, 2016
By: Christina Samuels
Source: edweek.org This week, the U.S. Department of Education released a proposal that it believes will provide a clearer picture of whether school districts are overenrolling minority students in special education. Equity in education has been a top priority for the Obama administration, and acting U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. […]
March 7, 2016
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: disabilityscoop.com Psychology classes at many universities pay little – if any – attention to disabilities, creating a missed opportunity to educate young people on interactions with this population, researchers say. In an analysis of 700 classes at 98 top-ranked undergraduate psychology programs across the country, researchers found that conversations about disabilities […]
March 3, 2016
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: disabilityscoop.com Federal education officials want states to take action to ensure that minority students aren’t overrepresented in special education. The U.S. Department of Education said new figures show that disparities persist in the nation’s schools, with minority students in many districts far more likely to be identified as having disabilities and more […]
March 3, 2016
By: Lisa Coates
Source: blog.ed.gov Special Education Announcement Provides a Lesson in Social Justice After last week’s announcement of a new effort to address widespread disparities in the treatment of students of color with disabilities, we asked two educators to react to the news, drawing on their own experiences as special education teachers. Lisa Coates As […]
March 3, 2016
By: ANYA KAMENETZ
Source: npr.org In just a few short weeks, students in California will be taking high-stakes tests. But the tests won’t just cover math, reading and science. Students will also be responding to survey statements like “I usually finish what I start,” or “I can do anything if I try.” A group of big-city […]