March 23, 2018
By: Micere Keels
Source: Edutopia Three years ago, 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee was murdered in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood here in Chicago. He was playing in a park when a gunman lured him into a nearby alley and shot him because of his father’s alleged gang ties. In response, Chicago Public Schools provided two weeks of […]
March 23, 2018
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Guardianship is overused, often unnecessarily depriving individuals with disabilities of their rights, warns a federal agency tasked with advising Congress and the president. In a 201-page report issued this week, the National Council on Disability said that guardianship is commonly seen as a “benevolent measure” and imposed based upon […]
March 22, 2018
By: Chris Serres, Star Tribune/TNS
Source: Disability Scoop MINNEAPOLIS — Every so often, Hadley Lucca will spend hours in front of her bedroom mirror, struggling to put on earrings or pull her long, golden locks back into ponytails. For Lucca, 11, activities that other girls her age take for granted can sometimes seem insurmountable. As an infant, […]
March 22, 2018
By: Leslie Brody
Source: The Wall Street Journal Sydney McLeod kept up her studies at Success Academy Charter Schools despite extensive absences to treat her sickle cell anemia. Her hard work paid off: She is heading to Stony Brook University on Long Island in the fall. Her Success Academy classmate Aida Bathily competes on a national […]
March 22, 2018
By: David L. Kirp
Source: Los Angeles Times Half a century ago, when sociologist James Coleman was tasked by the U.S. Department of Education with studying educational inequality, a good school was regarded as one that featured teachers with advanced degrees, a well-stocked library, state-of-the-art science labs and the like. The assumption was that these […]
March 21, 2018
By: Carolyn Phenicie
Source: The 74 School safety programs saw big boosts in the latest federal appropriations bill that also proposed increases in early childhood education spending along with smaller bumps for marquee K-12 programs. The House Appropriations Committee in a press release touted $2.3 billion in increases for school safety, with funds coming through […]
March 21, 2018
By: Matt Vasilogambros
Source: HuffPost Like many people with autism, Greg Demer is bright but has difficulty communicating. He has a passion for the history of military aircraft, but he can’t quite keep up a conversation with new people. When he meets someone, he’ll quote from movies or ask them about their favorite Teenage Mutant […]
March 19, 2018
By: Aliyya Swaby
Source: The Texas Tribune After gathering thousands of responses from parents and advocates, the Texas Education Agency has sketched a new plan for educating kids with disabilities — with limited money. The TEA released the 42-page draft strategic plan Monday, a couple of months after a 15-month federal investigation concluded Texas had not been providing kids […]
March 19, 2018
By: Tom Steele
Source: Dallas News A Utah man is suing the Irving-based Boy Scouts of America after the organization voided every merit badge his son — who has Down syndrome — has earned, blocking the 15-year-old’s path to becoming an Eagle Scout. Chad Blythe of Payson, Utah, filed the lawsuit last week in the state’s 4th […]
March 19, 2018
By: Christina A. Samuels
Source: Education Week The academic past of Nikolas Cruz, the accused mass shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., was littered with red flags suggesting serious emotional problems. News outlets that have reviewed Cruz’s disciplinary records and interviewed his teachers paint a picture of a young man prone to […]