November 19, 2018
By: Allie Gross
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief The Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 requires states, for the first time, to report chronic absenteeism rates, shifting how states think about attendance by forcing districts to not let individual students get lost in average daily attendance numbers, District Administration reports. Dive Insight Under ESSA, many states define […]
November 16, 2018
By: Dana Blackaby
Source: Edutopia I’m a dyslexia specialist, and I work to promote a growth mindset and establish an expectation of high achievement for all of my students, so I ask them every day, “What are you reading today?” A key strategy I use is having them read along with audiobooks, which is beneficial in […]
November 15, 2018
By: Jessica Campisi
Source: Education Dive As a former kindergarten teacher at a Title I school, Katie Benson said a majority of her students came from high-poverty households. So, when snack time rolled around, most didn’t have healthy options – or know about them. “The kids didn’t know what are healthy foods or where to get […]
November 14, 2018
By: Brian Selders
Source: Daily Herald Mt. Prospect, IL: For working families of students with disabilities throughout the northwest suburbs, one of the largest barriers to full time employment can be the limited access to appropriate after school programs for their loved one. To increase access for these families, two of the largest service providers for […]
November 13, 2018
By: Lisa Stark
Source: PBS The statistics are sobering: according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death for ages 10 to 18, and the number of teens reporting feeling sad, hopeless or suicidal has risen. But experts say suicide is preventable. Special correspondent Lisa Stark of Education […]
November 13, 2018
By: Eric Lagatta, The Columbus Dispatch/TNS
Source: Disability Scoop COLUMBUS, Ohio — Under the Friday night lights of the football stadium at Independence High School, Lauren Flynn rallied her pep squad. Just minutes into the game against the Marion-Franklin Red Devils, the Independence 76ers had marched into the opposing team’s territory, and the crowd needed a […]
November 12, 2018
By: Blythe Bernhard
Source: Disability Scoop A change to medical billing codes for the most common behavior therapy for autism will mean better insurance coverage for families and less hassle for providers, advocates say. Current Procedural Terminology, or CPT, codes are used by medical providers to bill insurance companies for services. The codes are maintained by […]
November 12, 2018
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: Education Week School and district leaders may be overlooking small tweaks in their outreach that can yield huge increases in parent engagement. So-called “nudging” interventions—which try to use small, low-cost changes to change people’s habits—showed promise in several studies previewed at the annual research conference for the Association for Public Policy […]
November 12, 2018
By: Kate Stringer
Source: The 74 The students at Mather High School in Chicago wanted to do something. Their peers said they didn’t feel comfortable coming to school, weren’t paying attention in class, and sometimes skipped lessons altogether. So a small group of students tried to figure out what the root of the problem might be. […]
November 9, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Children with developmental delays — including autism — are nearly 50 percent more likely than other kids to become overweight or obese at young ages, according to a new study. The findings come from what researchers say is the first large study to show an equally high risk of obesity among those […]