Florida Shooting: Superintendent Has ‘No Words That Can Describe the Heartache’ – AcceliBEAT Weekly Round Up
February 16, 2018
This week we are a nation in grief as gun violence once again plagued our schools. We are deeply saddened by the tragedy that occurred Wednesday at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL and our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the horrific act. Below we share the poignant response to the school shooting provided by Broward County’s superintendent, Robert Runcie, and his call for leadership at the state and national level to take action. In other news, disability advocacy groups are fighting the pending ADA Education and Reform Act, which could potentially threaten accessibility rights for people with disabilities, a recent study finds that protections under the DACA program resulted in more undocumented students finishing high school and attending college, and in Chicago, a high school is using a unique tool to teach social emotional learning. Finally, speech therapists are finding creative ways to train parents to more effectively communicate with their children. All this and more in this week’s AcceliBEAT.
Florida Shooting: Superintendent Has ‘No Words That Can Describe the Heartache’
“This is what needs to happen in this country. We can’t continue to have these tragedies. But what is the follow-up action?”
Congress Weighs Changes to ADA
Disability advocacy groups are rallying to fight against legislation they say would undermine longstanding accessibility protections in the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Mood Meters, Phone Apps Help Hinsdale District 86 Students Manage Emotions
Social emotional learning has become as important a topic in education as science, technology, engineering and math.
Study Finds DACA Encourages Undocumented Kids to Stay in School, as Congress Ponders Their Future
Giving undocumented young people protection from deportation came with a big education bonus.
Brooklyn Park Boy Invents Winning Game Inspired by Sister with Autism
“We never planned for this,” said Long Xiong, Kusa’s dad. “My son just wants my daughter to have fun, too.”
Skype Broadening Access to Speech Therapy Study
A study is “training parents so they can essentially function like the speech language clinicians for their own kids” by speaking with trained speech therapists via Skype.
Special Education Case That Made It to Supreme Court Enters Final Chapter
By the time the case made it to the Supreme Court, it was focused on a narrow point of law: how much benefit should special education provide to students with disabilities?
Students Can’t Learn if They Don’t Show up at School
“The culture of attendance is huge. If parents weren’t taught that it’s important then their kids are not going to be taught that.”
Disability Nonprofit Among Groups to Receive Betsy DeVos’ Salary
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.
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