February 20, 2018
By: Michele Miller
Source: Tampa Bay Times LAND O’LAKES — For a kid with autism, the bus ride to school can be really tough. So can the trek down a crowded school hallway, never mind the din of the cafeteria. Even a lesson that feels too long can trigger a roadblock to learning. For students […]
February 20, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop New research suggests that blood and urine tests could one day be used to diagnose autism, potentially offering a biomarker to identify children at younger ages. In a study published this week in the journal Molecular Autism, researchers said they have developed a first-of-its-kind test to spot damage to […]
February 15, 2018
By: Tara Garcia Mathewson
Source: The Hechinger Report ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Danielle Burnett, a truancy prevention social worker in Albuquerque Public Schools, spends her days figuring out why students miss school. Her job is to identify the underlying reasons and help families change course. Some students don’t show up because their parents can’t afford school […]
February 15, 2018
By: Denisa R. Superville
Source: Education Week Robert Runcie, the superintendent in Broward County, Fla., had just finished a big celebration—handing the keys of a new Toyota Camry to his school district’s teacher of the year—when the barrage of urgent text messages started. There are multiple reports of a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High […]
February 15, 2018
By: Kyle Spencer
Source: The Hechinger Report GRANITE, Utah — On a recent winter afternoon, the scene inside Dobrila Hasic-Botic’s preschool classroom in Granite, Utah, seemed typical of a high-quality pre-K. A 4-year-old in a poufy pink skirt recited the first letter of her name. A boy in jeans and a golf shirt drew shapes […]
February 15, 2018
By: Michelle R. Davis
Source: Disability Scoop Amid vocal protests from disability rights activists, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the ADA Education and Reform Act Thursday on a vote of 225 to 192. Critics say the controversial legislation, also known as H.R. 620, would severely damage accessibility protections laid out in the 27-year-old landmark […]
February 14, 2018
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will give away her entire salary from her first year on the job and some of the money is headed to a nonprofit serving those with disabilities. DeVos will donate the entirety of her $199,700 in pay, according to Elizabeth Hill, a spokeswoman […]
February 14, 2018
By: Matt Barnum
Source: Chalkbeat Giving undocumented young people protection from deportation came with a big education bonus: It made them more likely to finish high school and enter college, according to a study released earlier this week. It’s new evidence suggesting that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, benefits individual students […]
February 13, 2018
By: Christina Samuels
Source: Education Week When the U.S. Supreme Court created a stronger standard for special education in a unaminous decision last year, observers could be forgiven for believing that was the end of the story. But for the family at the center of Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, the decision had […]
February 12, 2018
By: Kimberly Forneck
Source: Chicago Tribune Social emotional learning has become as important a topic in education as science, technology, engineering and math. Unlike those subjects, social and emotional learning sounds warm and fuzzy. But the staff at Hinsdale High School District 86 says social and emotional learning involves teaching concrete skills. The skills are […]