June 6, 2017
By: Kate Stoltzfus
Source: Education Week Unhappy with an American teaching salary? Try moving to Europe. While some U.S. cities are better than others for teachers, there are also stark differences in annual educator pay around the globe. And 2016 research from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ countries […]
June 6, 2017
By: Jack Bradley
Source: The Hechinger Report Every time you use a set of stairs or an elevator, you are using an accommodation to make up for your inability to fly from one floor to another. Imagine having to justify your need for stairs every time you need them. While getting from one floor to […]
June 6, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop In what’s being billed as a national day of action, dozens of advocacy groups are joining members of Congress to sound alarm bells about proposed cuts to Medicaid, which they say will have severe consequences for people with disabilities. With rallies on Capitol Hill and across the nation on […]
June 1, 2017
By: Alia Hassanali
Source: ABC News Understanding why some children develop autism and others — sometimes even their twins — do not has stymied researchers for decades, but a new study says that baby teeth may provide some clues. The new study published in Nature Communications sheds light on some possible factors in autism risk, […]
May 24, 2017
By: Claudio Sanchez
Source: NPR More states than ever are providing publicly funded preschool. That’s according to a new report from the researchers at the National Institute for Early Education Research, or NIEER, who have been tracking state preschool policies and programs since 2002. In 2016, the report found, 43 states, plus the District of […]
May 22, 2017
Source: PBS Newshour Special education, which is hugely reliant on Medicaid, is one factor that didn’t get much attention in the debate over the Republican health care bill. If the bill becomes law and triggers billions of dollars of cuts to Medicaid, how would it affect the millions of public school kids who receive special […]
May 22, 2017
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: NPR Dorothy, of Spring Hill, Fla., has a 15-year-old son with spina bifida and developmental delays, and her 13-year-old daughter is, she says, “mildly autistic.” Neither was happy at public school. “My son was in a lockdown classroom with gang members. It was a bad situation. I was afraid he was […]
May 22, 2017
By: Brian Resnick
Source: Vox First period, 8:45 am, a circle of high school students sits so quietly that all you can hear is the whirl of computer fans. Today’s lesson: attention to breathing. “Just notice your breath,” says the instructor, Satyani McPherson, “where it manifests in the body and the abdomen. … And whatever […]
May 21, 2017
By: Amy B. Wang
Source: The Washington Post Two teachers at a Georgia middle school will not be returning to work after reportedly giving an “insensitive” award to a student, officials said. The incident occurred at a ceremony last week for eighth-graders at Memorial Middle School in Conyers, about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta. There, the […]
May 21, 2017
By: Tyeese L. Gaines
Source: NBC News Are troublesome ADHD symptoms going untreated in African-American youth even after they are diagnosed? According to a recent study published in Pediatrics, the answer is yes. Researchers found that African-American youth with ADHD are more likely to go off of their medication and less likely to have adequate […]