The Brain Science Is In: Students’ Emotional Needs Matter in this Week’s AcceliBEAT
April 27, 2018
This week we feature an article on social-emotional learning (SEL) and brain development. More than a buzzword, new studies highlight the importance of SEL, showing how neuro, cognitive, and behavioral development is largely shaped by the environments and relationships that students live in, which in turn impacts their learning for the better or worse. In ed policy news, the newly appointed federal Special Education Director, Johnny Collett, shares his opinions and goals in an interview with Education Week. And while teacher walkouts around the country are raising awareness of funding issues in schools, many of the school support staff standing in during these protests, such as teacher aides, are grossly underpaid. In other news, as we draw near to the end of Autism Awareness Month, check out 5 free webinars to help educators better understand students with autism. All this and more in this week’s AcceliBEAT!
An Interview with DeVos’ New Special Ed. Chief
In an interview with Education Week, Collett discussed a wide range of issues involving special education responsibilities
Lawmakers Seek Reparations for People Sterilized
Across the country last century, more than 60,000 people deemed unfit to reproduce were sterilized, many against their will or without their knowledge.
‘They Are so Underpaid’: School Support Staff Scrape by on Meager Earnings
Her job as a teacher assistant is more fulfilling than the one she held at a meatpacking plant, but it pays far less: $12 an hour.
The Brain Science Is In: Students’ Emotional Needs Matter
What the neuro-, cognitive, and behavioral research says about social-emotional learning.
Mandy Manning, 2018 National Teacher of the Year, Works with Refugee Students
“It is essential that teachers in these times communicate to their students in their actions and their words that our students are welcome, they’re wanted, they’re worthy of love, and they can accomplish and achieve everything they dream of.”
Despite Law, Funds to Address Wandering Remain in Limbo
“We’re just now in the minutia part where we’re trying to get the actual dollars and make it official.”
Fear Remains for Immigrant Youth as Federal Court Hands Trump Another Blow on DACA Repeal
The uncertainty for Melissa and Dreamers like her continues, even after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., handed a stiff blow Tuesday to the Trump administration.
5 Insightful Webinars for Autism Awareness Month
These webinars can help educators better understand their students with autism.
Graphic Novels Zap Literacy — and Fun — into Curriculum
Comics can help students decipher visual cues, as well as the words on a page.
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