November 28, 2018
By: Matt Barnum
Source: Chalkbeat By eighth grade, Shawntia Reeves had attended at least four different schools. It took a toll on the Detroit student, who told Chalkbeat about the struggle of making and then losing new friends after switching schools. “It makes you feel like you ain’t got no one to talk to,” she said. New research shows […]
November 28, 2018
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: The Washington Post Harvard University researchers have found that children who start school up to a year sooner than many of their peers are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD — even if they don’t really have the condition. As a result, large numbers of children may be improperly labeled with […]
November 27, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Just in time for the holidays, a series of special events across the country will offer calmer environments for children with disabilities to enjoy some one-on-one time with Santa Claus. Over 400 malls and other shopping destinations from Maryland to Hawaii will host sensory-friendly experiences with Santa, most of which […]
November 27, 2018
By: Stephanie Wang
Source: Chalkbeat In a survey this year, Indiana State University researchers asked Indiana school superintendents if they faced a teacher shortage — and how bad the problem was. “It’s killing us,” one respondent wrote. “This situation is getting worse each year,” another said. “Scares me!” “Indiana’s war on teachers is winning,” a superintendent […]
November 26, 2018
By: Christina Veiga
Source: Chalkbeat New York City is moving closer toward an overhaul of its early child care system that will put the education department in charge of some programs for children as young as six weeks old — a consequential shift that signals learning begins at birth. Among the changes the education department is […]
November 26, 2018
By: Blythe Bernhard
Source: Disability Scoop National survey results show as many as 1 in 40 U.S. children have been diagnosed with autism, continuing an upward trend. Researchers estimate 1.5 million American children ages 3 to 17 have been diagnosed with the developmental disorder, for a prevalence rate of 2.5 percent. The figures published onlineMonday in the […]
November 21, 2018
By: Matt Barnum
Source: Chalkbeat Between 1990 and 2015, Seattle’s neighborhoods saw a notable decline in racial segregation. It would make sense, then, to think that the city’s public schools had also become more integrated. Not so. In fact, they were headed in the opposite direction. In 1990, only 3 percent of schools were intensely segregated […]
November 20, 2018
By: Kelli Kennedy, The Associated Press
Source: WCJB TV20 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Parkland students who created an international movement to raise awareness for gun violence after a deadly school shooting were awarded the International Children’s Peace Prize on Tuesday. During a ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu presented the award, calling […]
November 19, 2018
By: David DeSchryver and Noelle Ellerson Ng
Source: EdSurge Investors take note: Business intelligence that relies on a district’s budget and fiscal data will become a fast-growing K-12 market in the next five years. Today, that may not be the case; just brandishing the title of Chief Financial Officer at a conference tends to ward people […]
November 19, 2018
By: Susan Scutti
Source: CNN Sometimes, Ellis Glover would be forced to leave her friends and sit at a lunch table where no one was eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. “I wanted to sit with my good, good friends, but I couldn’t,” the 10-year-old said. “If you’re a kid and you have a food allergy, […]