October 8, 2018
By: Linda Jacobson
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief A program for 5-year-olds in Michigan’s Ann Arbor Public Schools, a partnership between local preschool providers and kindergarten teachers in Washington’s West Valley School District #208, and Texas’s Wichita Falls Independent School District’s work with community organizations to address the needs of young learners are profiled in a new […]
October 4, 2018
By: Blythe Bernhard
Source: Disability Scoop As more students with special needs enter school systems nationwide, educators are increasingly designing their classrooms to boost behavior and academic performance. Sensory-friendly design focuses on controlling the sights, sounds and smells that can be under- or overstimulating to students with autism or other developmental disabilities. A few schools have […]
October 1, 2018
By: Monica Burns
Source: EdSurge Video can help a speaker connect with an audience and demonstrate a concept. With short videos like IGTV episodes, content creators can connect with a larger audience of educators. As a blogger who focuses on sharing educational technology tips, I always want to make sure this information is actionable. Although some […]
October 1, 2018
By: Sarah D. Sparks
Source: Education Week Interventions that help students think flexibly and feel more control over their learning may help counter the effects of disadvantage and trauma, suggests emerging research at the International Mind-Brain Education conference here. More than 1 in 3 U.S. children have experienced at least one major trauma—from abuse or neglect […]
October 1, 2018
By: Blythe Bernhard
Source: Disability Scoop Melissa Herrera says the most frustrating part about parenting a child with complex medical needs is repeating herself over and over to health care providers. “If you can have something there that communicates the foundation of the child, it can take so much stress away from the parent,” said Herrera, […]
September 30, 2018
By: Perry Stein
Source: The Washington Post Yolanda Corbett knows she would have to remain at home with her youngest child if he was not enrolled in preschool. She would lose her job as an administrative assistant at a nonprofit and would have to scramble in the evenings to find friends and relatives to watch her […]
September 28, 2018
By: John O’Neil and Michael Elsen-Rooney
Source: Bloomberg As the first anniversary of Hurricane Maria approached, Ruth González wasn’t focused on how deadly that storm had been. She was worried about how many weeks of school her son Kaleb would miss this fall. Kaleb is 4 years old and autistic. After a year of upheaval, he and hundreds of other children […]
September 27, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop A new documentary featuring a who’s who of Hollywood A-listers is delving into the history of how disabilities are portrayed on screen. The film “CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion” analyzes how disability has been represented in movies and on television over the last 120 years, examining everything from silent films […]
September 27, 2018
By: Tara Garcia Mathewson
Source: The Hechinger Report Story time is a classic part of the school day for the nation’s youngest learners. Before they can read, preschoolers and early elementary school students sit with teachers and watch and listen as stories are narrated to them. Besides learning new vocabulary words and starting to connect written […]
September 26, 2018
By: Nathan Levenson
Source: The Washington Post In too many schools, special education hurts instead of helps kids. Students with special needs are pulled out of core instructional classes and seldom get extra instructional time with a talented teacher. Even worse, too many students with special needs receive instruction from paraprofessionals who seldom have strong teaching […]