April 12, 2019
By: Erica L. Green
Source: The New York Times AKRON, Ohio — The students paraded through hugs and high-fives from staff, who danced as Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” blared through the hallways. They were showered with compliments as they walked through a buffet of breakfast foods. The scene might be expected on a special occasion […]
April 11, 2019
By: Jennifer Herseim
Source: District Administration The benefits of virtual assistants for individuals with disabilities have many special educators eyeing these tools for their potential use in the classroom. The Florida School for the Deaf and Blind uses Google Home mini devices in six classrooms, says Patrick Turnage, FSDB’s assistive technology specialist. “For a subset of […]
April 9, 2019
By: Blythe Bernhard
Source: Disability Scoop A large clinical trial of a heralded early intervention therapy for autism shows the treatment might not be as advantageous as previously believed. Young children with autism receiving the therapy known as Early Start Denver Model, or ESDM, did show larger gains in language skills compared to children given other […]
April 8, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop With an eye toward inclusivity, Target is rolling out a new collection of sensory-friendly products featuring everything from weighted blankets to floor cushions and chairs. The offerings unveiled this month are part of Target’s Pillowfort brand. Each of the items in the sensory-friendly collection is designed to meet kids’ needs […]
April 8, 2019
By: Jill Barshay
Source: The Hechinger Report One theory for how to improve schools begins not with teachers in the classroom but with the principals who hire and oversee them. To that end, the Wallace Foundation spent $85 million on a five-year project to improve school principals in six cities and large urban counties, from New […]
April 8, 2019
By: Christina A. Samuels
Source: Education Week Special Olympics had wrapped up its World Games in Abu Dhabi less than a week before U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made her first of two visits to Capitol Hill to explain—and defend—the administration’s fiscal 2020 budget for her department. Within hours, the 51-year-old organization was caught in […]
April 7, 2019
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: Education Week What happens if a 9th grader misses the bus? If she’s waiting at the stop near the 4505 mile marker along California Highway 154, she’s got a more than 12-mile walk to Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. That’s the kind of situation that led University of California Santa […]
April 5, 2019
Source: ABC7 NY NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) — A school full of kids on a Friday night is all part of one man’s mission to keep students at a Newark high school off the streets and out of trouble. Hundreds of kids packed the halls of West Side High School on Friday night because it’s a […]
April 5, 2019
By: Caitlin O’Kane
Source: CBS News A special education teacher from Fremont, California, made a “mental health checklist” for her students. Now, teachers around the world are doing the same. Erin Castillo posted a photo of her mental health poster on Instagram and it went viral. She made a version of it available to download for free, and […]
April 4, 2019
By: Shawna De La Rosa
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief: Middletown City Schools in Ohio marks the latest school system in the state to work to end hunger among its students. The district recently launched a $225,000 program for food trucks to travel to students on non-school days — it will also travel to low-income communities in […]