January 31, 2019
By: Jeanine Poggi
Source: Ad Age Microsoft is returning to the Super Bowl with an ad showing children with disabilities playing video games with the Xbox adaptive controller. The 60-second spot, which will air in the fourth quarter, showecases children who don’t have full use over their hands and arms playing video games. The ad was […]
January 31, 2019
By: Jessica Campisi
Source: Education Dive With the first month of 2019 on the books, many states have kicked off their legislative sessions, and those that haven’t will soon convene. Although the new year has just begun, it’s clear education is a top priority for state lawmakers. So, starting this month, Education Dive will publish a legislative […]
January 30, 2019
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop The high school graduation rate for students with disabilities across the nation is on the rise again, new federal figures indicate. For the 2016-2017 school year, the graduation rate for those with disabilities reached 67.1 percent. That’s up from 65.5 percent the previous year and represents the sixth year in […]
January 30, 2019
By: Catherine Patterson
Source: WBRC FOX6 News BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) – The medication paramedics use to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose could soon be in your child’s high school classroom. Usually, nurses and other licensed personnel are the only people who can administer Naloxone at schools, but a new training program would allow administrators […]
January 29, 2019
By: Shawna De La Rosa
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief At Taos High School in New Mexico, seniors lead an emotional intelligence retreat for freshman students as a way to welcome them and assure them they’re not alone during their high school years, according to The Hechinger Report. It’s an eight-year tradition in a district where, on […]
January 29, 2019
By: Amelia Harper
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief: Superintendent Casey Smitherman of Elwood Community School District in Indiana faces felony charges for insurance fraud, insurance application fraud, identity deception and official misconduct after she allegedly took a 15-year-old student to a health clinic and claimed he was her son so he could receive medical care, Education Week […]
January 28, 2019
By: Melinda D. Anderson
Source: Edutopia By the time she reached high school, Bianca Lopez had been labeled a “bad student” for talking loudly and talking back in class. Now an adult reflecting on her years of schooling in Los Angeles, Lopez, 21, said her misbehavior masked the pain and grief she felt after her older […]
January 27, 2019
By: Lillian Mongeau
Source: The Hechinger Report TAOS, N.M. — Standing in front of 240 freshmen and 80 fellow seniors in her school’s gymnasium, a slight 17-year-old with her hair in pigtail braids took a long shuddering breath. Her audience was still. The girl had just revealed that she’d spent most of her middle-school years feeling […]
January 25, 2019
By: Sarah Schwartz
Source: Education Week Old versions of lesson plans, dried up markers and broken pens, books students haven’t read in years—things unused and forgotten can pile up quickly in a classroom. And when teachers need to keep track of hundreds of student assignments and bins of materials, staying organized can be a hard challenge to surmount. […]
January 23, 2019
By: Maura Hohman
Source: People Most people don’t think of reptiles that can kill humans as particularly snuggly or calming, but a Pennsylvania man is changing that perception. Joie Henney of Strinestown keeps a 4-foot-6-inch alligator named Wally as a pet and brings him to various facilities as an emotional support animal for vulnerable populations and […]