September 17, 2018
By: Christina A. Samuels
Source: Education Week Tens of thousands of babies are born each year to mothers who abused opioids when they were pregnant. Now, a new study offers a snapshot of the educational impact of that early trauma—and a hint of what schools are already facing and may have to grapple with for years […]
September 17, 2018
By: Beth Hawkins
Source: The 74 Four years ago, a group of education and civil rights advocates set out to change the conversation about charter schools and whether they appropriately serve children with disabilities. What if, instead of arguing over which types of schools deliver adequate special education services, advocates, educators, and families determined what high […]
September 12, 2018
By: Bradley J. Fikes
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune An experimental autism drug will be more extensively tested next year by researchers at UC San Diego, where a small clinical trial showed early signs of effectiveness in 2017. The trial will be conducted at UCSD and UCLA. It will test the drug on 20 boys, who […]
September 6, 2018
By: Stephen Noonoo
Source: EdSurge It’s back to school season, and these teachers are excited. Why? The bevy of tech tips and trends brightening their classrooms—including 360-degree video, thoughtful ways to use Alexa, and the sleeper Google tool for improving note-taking and research. EdSurge recently spoke with four educators to see what they were most excited […]
September 4, 2018
By: Jakob Lazzaro
Source: 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station A new game developed by Carnegie Mellon University students is helping elementary schoolers understand what life is like for kids on the autism spectrum. Created by the university’s Entertainment Technology Center, Prism uses its animal characters as allegories for the challenges those with autism face. The […]
September 4, 2018
By: Laura Fay
Source: The 74 Last year, a Houston principal told Gwendolyn Johnson, the district’s director of health and medical services, that he had a “project” for her. “I want you to bring flu vaccines to my students,” the principal told her. The flu season had been tough on his family and the students in […]
September 4, 2018
By: Benjamin Herold
Source: Education Week A leading group supporting the “computer science for all” push in U.S. schools wants everyone from vendors to investors to school districts to publicly commit to supporting improved accessibilityfor students with disabilities. “In their urgency to serve a lot of kids, a lot of people have been moving so fast that […]
August 31, 2018
By: Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News
Source: CNN The number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has reached more than 10 percent, a significant increase during the past 20 years, according to a study released Friday. The rise was most pronounced in minority groups, suggesting that better access to health insurance and mental health treatment through the […]
August 31, 2018
By: Marva Hinton
Source: Education Week One of the largest school districts in Georgia is turning its bus drivers into teachers who command “rolling classrooms.” The drivers are helping to teach elementary school students sight words through a new program that began this year in the Fulton County school district. Sight words are words like “the” […]
August 30, 2018
By: Shakita Smith
Source: Chalkbeat There’s an old adage, “You can’t pour from an empty cup.” But as a paraprofessional in Chicago, my cup is almost drained. Each day, I provide academic, emotional, and behavioral support for over 200 students. The amount of mental and emotional energy it takes to calm a single student down, redirect […]