July 9, 2019
By: Natalie Wexler
Source: The Atlantic At first glance, the classroom I was visiting at a high-poverty school in Washington, D.C., seemed like a model of industriousness. The teacher sat at a desk in the corner, going over student work, while the first graders quietly filled out a worksheet intended to develop their reading skills. […]
July 9, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop Special educators say that many of the teachers and paraprofessionals who work directly with students with disabilities are ill-prepared to do so. In a survey of nearly 1,500 special education teachers across the country, just 8 percent rated the general education teachers they work alongside as well-prepared to serve […]
July 8, 2019
By: Casey Parks
Source: The Hechinger Report The sun glowed gold, and a second line parade was tuning its horns just a few streets away. But Danielle Metz had missed half her life already, and she couldn’t spare the afternoon, even one as unseasonably warm as this mid-February Sunday. She climbed the stairs to the shotgun […]
July 8, 2019
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive Vying for an endorsement from the nation’s largest labor union, 10 Democratic presidential candidates responded to educators’ questions on issues ranging from charter schools to gun violence Friday during a National Education Association (NEA) forum. “They came to listen to you,” NEA President Lily Eskelsen García said during the […]
July 8, 2019
By: Courtney Perkes
Source: Disability Scoop With federal lawmakers slow to act, cities and states are increasingly moving to bar employers from paying workers with disabilities less than minimum wage. In the last few years, a handful of states and cities have banned or restricted the practice, and advocates say momentum is growing across the […]
July 8, 2019
By: The 74
Source: The 74 In 1993, Paul T. Hill founded the Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research center based out of the University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance that from the outset was focused on issues of the next century and the broader question of how […]
July 6, 2019
By: Caitlin Krause
Source: EdSurge When I started out as a high school teacher in the early 2000s, I was using a lot of technology designed for connection. It was the advent of SmartBoards and podcasts, voicethreads and vlogging. Yet even in the midst of all the excitement, I didn’t feel completely connected with my […]
July 3, 2019
By: Stephen Sawchuk
Source: Edweek Two of the nation’s largest school districts are revising their approach to school policing, highlighting an ongoing, complex debate in these post-Parkland days: Do police belong in schools? When—and under what conditions—should they be used? New York Mayor Bill de Blasio late last month announced the first revision in 20 […]
July 3, 2019
By: Shawna De La Rosa
Source: Education Dive Administrators can take advantage of the summer months and build a good work environment by showing appreciation for teachers. Simple gestures go a long way towards keeping teachers connected and excited to return in the fall, Tracey Smith, principal of Brookwood Elementary in Georgia, writes for eSchool News. […]
July 3, 2019
By: Christine Condon
Source: The Balitmore Sun Valerie Alexander’s young daughter Alaina has always wanted to ride a bike. Alaina, who has special needs, used to watch from the door as her little sister rode along with training wheels. “Honestly, I didn’t know how to teach her,” Valerie Alexander said. But now, Alaina is learning. She […]