March 1, 2019
Happy Friday! This week’s round up begins with a mother’s call to keep a charter school open because the school provided a nurturing and safe environment for her child with special needs. In ed policy news, big changes are proposed by the Ed. Dept. for a new program that would provide up to $5 billion […]
February 22, 2019
This week’s round up begins with a look into how special education exemplifies how schools seem to be designed for conformity. They often use behavioral approaches to instruction and intervention for children with disabilities with the intent to reduce “undesirable” behavior and reward and replace those behaviors with more “desirable” ones. In federal news, an […]
February 15, 2019
Happy President’s Day weekend! Our featured story begins with special education best practices that place greater emphasis on teacher time and training, particularly the role of general education. In ed policy news, lawmakers are seeking over $1 billion to address the needs of people with autism, a lawsuit alleges the Denver teacher strike will severely […]
February 8, 2019
Happy Lunar New Year! In this week’s round up, we begin with strategies educators can use to support dually classified learners, who are English Language Learners (ELLs) diagnosed with special needs. In health and ed news, medication paramedics use to reverse opioid overdose are now being added to schools as high school drug abusers is […]
February 1, 2019
As we wrap up the first month of 2019, we’re featuring encouraging news about the rise in graduation rates for students with disabilities, according to a new federal report. In ed policy news, the Education Dive team summarizes and highlights the key 2019 laws, bills, and proposals from all 50 states. In other news, teachers […]
January 25, 2019
Happy Friday! Our featured story this week highlights how school districts across the country are responding to help students and their families impacted by the persisting government shutdown. In other news, the Los Angeles teacher strike has raised a number of issues, including awareness for more counselors. Currently, California ranks 47th when it comes to […]
January 18, 2019
Happy Friday! For this long weekend, we begin by sharing important news from last week on the state of special education in the nation with a feature that examines the process of identifying children with disabilities. In ed policy news, if the government shutdown continues for months, the biggest concern for school districts is funding […]
January 11, 2019
This week’s roundup raises an important issue around parents legal right to translation services to navigate the special education process for their children. However, many parents may not know they have that right, which creates a gap in communication that often leaves parents in the dark about crucial details of their children’s education. In ed […]
January 4, 2019
Happy New Year! As we kick off 2019, we bring your attention to an alarming nationwide problem–millions of kids are struggling to read. But how might the science of reading and reading training address this issue? More on that below. In special education news, we explore how more open communication between parents and teachers can […]
December 14, 2018
Happy Friday! Our featured article highlights the investment of using VR technology to help students with autism and other learning disabilities particularly when it comes to navigating social situations. In ed policy news, the US Department of Agriculture announced this week that they plan to lower nutrition standards to make policies more flexible and help […]