July 22, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Disability advocates and former federal special education officials are warning of possible Trump administration moves to alter policy related to a central tenet of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Advocates met with top officials at the U.S. Department of Education last week after receiving what they called “credible […]
July 22, 2019
By: Roger Riddell
Source: Education Dive As the need to recruit and retain high-quality teachers has gained the spotlight amid shortages nationwide, so too has the need to reduce turnover among principals. According to research from the Learning Policy Institute (LPI), produced in collaboration with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), 35% of principals stay at their school for […]
July 20, 2019
By: Natalie Wexler
Source: Forbes The Common Core literacy standards were intended to shift instruction toward building knowledge and away from illusory reading comprehension “skills.” But many teachers have stuck with “skills” and added nonfiction—a losing combination. For decades, schools—especially at the elementary level—have spent many hours trying to teach reading comprehension “skills” like “finding […]
July 19, 2019
By: Christina Veiga
Source: Chalkbeat When it came time to enroll her grandson in school, Esther Fesale put his name in the lottery for a nearby charter. But as the summer wound down without a call or letter, Fesale figured she should get to know her grandson’s other option: P.S. 676 the Red Hook Neighborhood […]
July 18, 2019
By: Jennifer Sullivan
Source: Edutopia Why do students struggle to ask teachers for extra help? Why do they sit in silence or confusion when raising their hand could bring help? Failure to ask for help can affect students’ academic performance, self-esteem, and potentially their access to learning in the future. There are several reasons why […]
July 17, 2019
By: Alia Wong
Source: The Atlantic America needs teachers: A majority of the country’s most experienced K–12 educators are expected to retire in the next few years, while research suggeststhat thousands of others will likely leave the profession prematurely, citing job dissatisfaction. How to get more people to join the profession? A little more than a decade ago, […]
July 17, 2019
By: Jackie Mader
Source: Disability Scoop Lindsey Eakin’s son Corbin was only 6 months old when she started to suspect something was wrong. Corbin, her third child, wasn’t babbling or cooing like his two older siblings had at his age and he was experiencing chronic, painful ear infections. His pediatrician at the time wasn’t concerned. […]
July 16, 2019
By: Christina Vercelletto
Source: Education Dive The Chicago Teachers Union saw a victory this past spring when Illinois legislators increased the number of days retired teachers can substitute teach without losing pension benefits by 20%, from 100 days a year to 120. The state is also extending through 2021 a law that lets retired teachers go back to teaching […]
July 16, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Significantly more people with disabilities cast ballots last year, according to a new report suggesting that this demographic is poised to have a big impact in the 2020 presidential race. About half of all citizens with disabilities voted in the 2018 midterm elections, up 8.5 percentage points from the […]
July 16, 2019
By: Lillian Mongeau
Source: The Hechinger Report As grown-ups everywhere have long suspected, poorly behaved 6-year-olds will come to no good. Or, at least not as much good as their more attentive, kinder and less aggressive peers. New research used tax return data to determine the income, at age 33 to 35, of 2,850 children tracked […]