March 2, 2016
By: Christina A. Samuels
Source: edweek.org Sprinkled throughout the newly reauthorized version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are references to an instructional strategy that supporters think has enormous potential for reaching learners with diverse needs. The next thing to do, those proponents say, is getting more educators to understand just what it means. Called […]
March 2, 2016
By: Jayne Clare
Source: edutopia.org What is reading readiness? The dictionary defines it as the point when a child transforms from being a non-reader to being a reader. But this definition leaves out the concept that reading readiness may actually begin in the womb. Watch Annie Murphy Paul’s TED Talk to learn more about what is […]
March 1, 2016
By: GABRIELLE EMANUEL
Source: npr.org Standing at the foot of Mount Wachusett’s slopes, Ray Jackman bends over and hoists Robbie McAllister out of his wheelchair and onto two neon yellow skis. The teenager squeezes into a thick plastic seat mounted just above the skis. “OK, there are a bunch of straps,” says Jackman as he buckles […]
February 25, 2016
By: Diane C. Lore
Source: silive.com STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Four-year-old Jazmiah Vasquez is a happy child, who enjoys going to school every day, her mom says. In her all-day pre-K class at Wonder Years Pre-school, she’s learning social skills, pre-literacy and math skills. She’s also supposed to get speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy, […]
February 25, 2016
February 17, 2016 By: Melinda D. Anderson
Source: theatlantic.com Charlotte, North Carolina, became a national model for school desegregation in the 1970s, busing students to balance the racial composition of its schools. Decades later, Charlotte is a city where no racial or ethnic group constitutes a majority of residents—whites (45 percent), blacks (35 percent), and Latinos (13 percent) […]
February 24, 2016
By: Jen Fifield, Stateline
Source: disabilityscoop.com COLUMBIA, S.C. — All morning at the Autism Academy of South Carolina, 6-year-old Brooke Sharpe has been doing what her therapist tells her to do: build a Mr. Potato Head; put together a four-piece puzzle of farm animals; roll a tennis ball. Now it’s Brooke’s turn to choose. She touches […]
February 24, 2016
By: JENNIFER C. KERR, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Source: pbs.org WASHINGTON — The Obama administration says too many minority students are being singled out for special education and is asking states to address the issue. With new data in hand, the Education Department said Tuesday that disparities persist in the nation’s public schools, where oftentimes minority students are […]
February 24, 2016
By: Mary Jo Madda
Source: edsurge.com Do you remember how it felt when you first read what would eventually become your favorite book? For many students, that’s a feeling that’s hard to come by—books aren’t always cheap or easily accessible, especially when school budgets are stretched thin. However, the government is hoping to help schools save […]
February 23, 2016
By: Patrick Wall
Source: theatlantic.com Come September, Satellite West Middle School, a small, troubled school in New York City, will have moved from its shared brick building in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, into a sparkling glass condominium building at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. Nestled in the heart of the chic Dumbo neighborhood, the redesigned school […]
February 23, 2016
Source: pbs.org GWEN IFILL: It’s been four decades since a groundbreaking law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, IDEA, took effect. Today, it helps ensure that more than six million students with disabilities have the right to a free and appropriate public education. But, in many places, it’s been a struggle getting schools to […]