June 10, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Nearly four years after “Sesame Street” introduced a muppet with autism, new research suggests that the show’s materials focused on the developmental disorder are making a difference. A collection of online materials from Sesame Workshop has helped increase knowledge and acceptance of those who are on the spectrum, according […]
June 7, 2019
By: Lauren Camera
Source: US News The Supreme Court is set to decide this month whether the forthcoming 2020 decennial census will ask respondents if they are U.S. citizens. The Trump administration wants the so-called citizenship question included in the survey, White House officials have said, in order to better enforce the Voting Rights Act of […]
June 6, 2019
By: Alyson Klein
Source: Education Week Schools spend more than $3 billion a year on digital content. So how can they make sure that their investment is paying off for all learners, including students in special education, who make up about 13 percent of the public-school population? The National Center for Learning Disabilities is out […]
June 6, 2019
By: Amelia Harper
Source: Education Dive Only 17% of general education teachers feel “very well prepared” to teach children with mild to moderate learning disabilities, and only 30% “feel strongly” about their preparedness to teach them, according to a recent report released by Understood and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. More than 60% feel they are […]
June 5, 2019
By: Ann Schimke
Source: Chalkbeat It was 10:30 a.m. on a Monday in April. Nine counselors, psychologists, and therapists sat around a table in a conference room at Cañon City High School in southern Colorado. In classrooms around the building, the school’s ninth-graders whizzed through an online mental health survey that would soon deliver real-time […]
June 4, 2019
By: Benjamin Herold
Source: Education Week The impact of automation will vary for male and female workers, with women likely being more susceptible to partial automation of their current occupations, according to new projections from the McKinsey Global Institute. One big example: elementary school teachers, roughly 80 percent of whom are female. In the coming […]
June 3, 2019
By: Jessica Leigh Brown
Source: EducationDive Defined as the seamless, secure exchange of information between various systems, the need for data interoperability has increased in K-12 education. As technology’s role in the classroom expands — from mobile apps to learning management systems to collaborative software — educators are finding they must manually transfer data because […]
May 31, 2019
By: Michelle N. Lynch
Source: Reading Eagle Five interns beamed with pride Thursday as they graduated from a unique program designed to help special-needs students transition from school to the workplace. Called Project SEARCH, the yearlong program, offered by the Berks County Intermediate Unit, provided real-life work experience and helped the interns strengthen their independent […]
May 31, 2019
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: EducationDive A student identified with a disability in one school won’t necessarily have that label in another school, according to a new study published in the journal Society and Mental Health that adds to the discussion on the over representation of students of color in special education programs. Focusing on a sample […]
May 29, 2019
By: Bill Keveney
Source: USA Today Musician Kodi Lee captivated “America’s Got Talent” judges and its audience Tuesday with an inspirational story and a beautiful song. The 22-year-old singer and pianist, who is blind and has autism, earned Season 14’s first golden buzzer – and an express ticket to the midsummer live shows – in Tuesday’s season premiere of NBC’s […]