June 24, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop In a first, a major network is committing to audition actors with disabilities, paving the way for a more inclusive slate of characters on television. CBS said this month that it signed a pledge from the Ruderman Family Foundation asking Hollywood studios, networks and production companies to audition actors […]
June 22, 2019
By: Brenda Iasevoli
Source: Hechinger Report There are no walls between the seven classrooms on the third floor of the Medical Academy for Science and Technology, a former hospital that houses a magnet high school for would-be doctors, nurses, physical therapists and pharmacists. On a recent morning, the students in Isha Brown’s literature class were […]
June 21, 2019
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: Washington Post Justin Parmenter just got a treat that teachers don’t get often enough: confirmation that they have had a positive effect on a student. Parmenter teaches seventh-grade language arts at Waddell Language Academy in Charlotte. An educator for more than 20 years, he started his teaching career “believing that I […]
June 20, 2019
By: Stacey Burling
Source: Disability Scoop Comcast Corp. this week expanded its efforts to make it easier for people with disabilities to watch its television programming. It launched new technology that allows people with physical disabilities that impede hand control and voice, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), to control their television with eye movement. […]
June 19, 2019
By: Lauren Barack
Source: Education Dive Arkansas is working to provide support for students with dyslexia through efforts to retrain teachers and change the way reading instruction is delivered, with a focus on methods based on the science of how students learn to read. That shift to change how reading instruction is served isn’t happening in […]
June 19, 2019
By: Katya Schwenk
Source: Ed Scoop Washington’s tariffs on China are limiting students’ access to technology, school officials and edtech companies have warned. They joined a chorus of opposition to the tariffs that has echoed through D.C. this week, where the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office is holding public hearings over President Trump’s proposed tariff extension. […]
June 19, 2019
By: Lauren Camera
Source: US News Teachers in the U.S. work longer hours and spend more time during the school day teaching than teachers in other parts of the world. And while the majority are satisfied with their jobs, only a fraction believes American society values their profession. The topline findings of the Teaching and […]
June 18, 2019
By: Jenny Abamu
Source: NPR When students are believed to be a danger to themselves or others, they’re sometimes restrained in school or isolated in a separate room. These practices, known as restraint and seclusion, are supposed to be a last resort, and they disproportionately affect boys and students with disabilities or special needs. In […]
June 18, 2019
By: Bailey Aldridge
Source: Disability Scoop The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is leading a research team looking to see if autism can be detected sooner. The research team, co-led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was given a $9.5 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to […]
June 17, 2019
By: Youki Terada
Source: Edutopia Every summer, we hear about the dangers of “summer slide”—kids going to the beach, watching television, or playing video games, all the while forgetting most of what they learned during the school year. The real story, as it turns out, is a lot more complicated, according to a recent article […]