October 25, 2018
By: Jessica Campisi
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief The harmful effects of teacher turnover — which also impact students whose teachers stay on staff — may be largely driven by educators who leave midyear, and this might happen more than previous research suggested, according to a group of studies appearing in the journal Education Finance and Policy. Dive Insight […]
October 23, 2018
By: Tina Nazerian
Source: EdSurge Ever turn to YouTube to learn “how to” do something? You’re hardly alone. Last year, videos with those two words in the title amassed over a billion hours of viewing time, according to a YouTube spokesperson. That data point suggests a hunger for informational videos—which the company wants to feed. On […]
October 23, 2018
By: Matt Barnum
Source: Chalkbeat The consequences of teacher churn were apparent to Esperanza Vazquez, a mother of two from New York City. “I had an experience with my son where he had a new teacher every week in math,” she told Chalkbeat recently. “That doesn’t help students.” Now new research backs up Vazquez’s experience, documenting for perhaps the first […]
October 23, 2018
By: Courtney Perkes
Source: Disability Scoop Autism therapy is attracting significant attention from private equity firms, a trend that could fund rapid expansion of clinics, but is also raising concerns about quality of care. Investors say the rising prevalence of autism, as well as increased insurance coverage for applied behavior analysis, or ABA therapy, is driving […]
October 23, 2018
By: Alyson Klein
Source: Education Week The opioid crisis has become a top-of-mind issue for schools across the country coping with orphaned children and with others facing serious emotional trauma. Congress recently passed legislation that will help schools and communities cope with some of the challenges of educating kids from families grappling with opioid addiction. The legislation authorizes […]
October 21, 2018
By: Carolyn Phenicie
Source: The 74 Eight months of student activism around gun violence swelled to a new peak this weekend, when about 100 students came together in the nation’s capital to draft and ratify a Students’ Bill of Rights for School Safety calling for better mental health care in schools and a slate of new […]
October 19, 2018
By: Alexa D’Angelo
Source: VC Star There are fidget bands — think an oversized rubber band — attached to the front of the desks so students with wiggly feet have someplace to channel their energy. There are things the kids can have at their desks like Play-Doh or stress balls to help them calm nerves. Then there’s […]
October 19, 2018
By: Aliyya Swaby
Source: The Texas Tribune Federal officials said Texas should be doing even more to improve special education — and they’re planning a visit early next year to check. In a letter Friday, officials from the U.S. Department of Education dissected Texas’ proposed plan for overhauling special education for kids with disabilities — in […]
October 17, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Children with developmental disabilities are far more likely to be missing a lot of school, according to a new federal report, with those who have certain conditions at especially high risk. Among kids ages 5 to 17, those with at least one developmental disability face twice the odds of being deemed […]
October 17, 2018
By: Ari Odzer
Source: NBC 6 South Florida There are 35,000 students with disabilities in Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Meeting their needs is a daily challenge, and the school district tries to meet that challenge with a myriad of programs. For example, North Miami Beach Senior High School has a cafe which serves customers while it […]