In this week’s top story, new federal funding, which includes a 5.5% increase in the Ed. Department’s budget, is aimed at expanding access and resources for school-based mental health services, increasing special education grants under IDEA, and more. On Monday, the Texas Education Agency released...
This week’s round up includes several big education policy stories. Our featured article spotlights the Florida education bill that includes a new voucher program for victims of bullying by offering them up to $6,800/year for tuition costs at a private school. However, educators are split...
This week, inclusive education took the international stage as the UN named it as a basic right for students with disabilities across the world. But a new study raises concerns about the potential downside of inclusion, particularly upon students without disabilities. Meanwhile, with the new...
By Alex Zimmerman Source: chalkbeat.org The conversation about infusing New York City schools with mental health services often centers around “community school” programs that pour extra funding into low-performing schools and provide social workers or health clinics. But what about schools that aren’t in those programs, yet could still...
By Kavitha Cardoza Source: npr.org Patricia Tolson has some visitors. Two 5-year-old girls, best friends, hold hands in her office at Van Ness Elementary School in Washington, D.C., one complaining she doesn't feel well. Tolson, the school nurse, asks, "How long has your stomach been hurting?" It just started,...
It’s been an eventful week for the presidential election race, but this this week the world of special education is not without its own news, as a new report reveals the number of students in special ed is on the rise while the ESSA committee...
Median age of autism diagnosis is nearly four years old, meaning many children are missing out on highly effective early intervention It’s been more than 40 years since the world first celebrated Autism Awareness Month with the Autism Society in April of 1970. As autism rates have soared over the...