February 26, 2019
By: Lauren Camera
Source: U.S. News & World Report LAWMAKERS IN STATES across the country have introduced nearly 250 school safety bills so far in 2019, underscoring how front-and-center the issue remains in the wake of two major school shootings that shook students, educators and parents and propelled the country to re-examine everything from gun safety laws […]
February 26, 2019
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop With an increasing number of colleges offering programs for those with intellectual disabilities, a new report suggests that the programs are becoming more inclusive and leading to better employment outcomes. For the first time, students attending postsecondary programs spent more than half of their time in inclusive college classes during […]
February 26, 2019
By: Alyson Klein
Source: Education Week In an online video interview last year, television personality John Stossel drew U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’ attention to rows of empty desks as they walked through the Department of Education. DeVos made it clear she sees a streamlined staff as a feature of her administration, not a bug. She’s made […]
February 25, 2019
By: Andrew Wiley, Dimitris Anastasiou and jim Kauffman
Source: The Washington Post The recent opinion piece by Soyoung Park titled “How special education is a prime example of our obsession with conformity” misrepresents the purpose and function of special education, and, in so doing, fails to advance efforts to respond appropriately to all forms of diversity in schools. […]
February 25, 2019
By: Ellen Ullman
Source: eSchool News Demographics: Rapides Parish School Board in Louisiana serves more than 24,000 students. The district has 47 buildings and 70 percent of its students are economically disadvantaged. Biggest challenge: Several schools in the district had been identified by the state as failing and the state needed to see progress. With high poverty […]
February 21, 2019
By: Tara Garcia Mathewson
Source: The Hechinger Report Five years ago, if teachers or administrators wanted to identify the struggling students they might be missing, they would have had to spend hours combing through spreadsheets, piecing together risk profiles. Now, a software program does that automatically, tracking dozens of factors related to student performance, attendance and behavior, and […]
February 20, 2019
By: Kate Stringer
Source: The 74 When Karina Melendez missed multiple days of school during the winter of her sophomore year, it wasn’t because she was willfully truant or lazy. The student, who usually got straight As, had been placed in the foster care system and was balancing class at her Bronx public high school with […]
February 20, 2019
By: Andrew Ujifusa
Source: Education Week The Medicaid program—a big source of federal funding for the nation’s schools—needs an overhaul in order to make it easier for more schools to access and use, a group representing superintendents says in a new report. Using survey data from hundreds of superintendents, the report from AASA, the School Superintendents […]
February 19, 2019
By: Mark Keierleber
Source: The 74 Student homelessness has hit an all-time high following a significant spike over the past three years, with 20 states experiencing a surge of 10 percent or more, new federal data released last week indicate. The data also found that students who experience homelessness are significantly less likely to graduate from […]
February 18, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Federal officials say that a major university health care system will change its ways after denying a person with intellectual disability the opportunity to be placed on a transplant list. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights said it has reached a resolution with the […]