May 21, 2017
By: Paul Wisenthal
Source: The Atlantic Every day, the teenagers Jeremiah Aponte, Jasherah Nalls, and Paula Rodriguez squeeze into a small four-story building housing three schools and close to 1,700 students in the South Bronx neighborhood. Mostly serving generations of families living in one of numerous high-rise public-housing projects or homeless shelters dotting the area, […]
May 20, 2017
By: Lori Higgins
Source: Detroit Free Press On any given day in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, about 100 classes are operating without a permanent teacher — the result of a dire teacher vacancy problem that is taxing schools, teachers, students and principals. As of April 27, the district had 263 teacher vacancies. Of […]
May 11, 2017
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: NPR Ed Read this article if you’re having a rough day. This is a rare story about positive social change. Every state now has laws against school bullying. In the past decade, many districts have overhauled discipline policies and created interventions to increase mutual respect at school. Pop culture and the […]
May 9, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Congress’ investigative arm is calling on federal officials to consider earlier transition planning and to take other steps to meet the needs of youth with autism entering adulthood. In a wide-ranging report released this month, the Government Accountability Office said that federal agencies can do more to improve outcomes […]
May 9, 2017
By: Eric Adler
Source: The Kansas City Star From the time her boy was diagnosed with severe autism at age 2, Kim Riley has striven to do what she thinks is best for her son who, now 18, can speak some words but is largely nonconversational. For Riley, doing her best has always meant occasional visits […]
May 9, 2017
By: Betty Ray
Source: Edutopia Michael Foley, my high school Shakespeare teacher, was a known tyrant. As underclassmen, my friends and I would walk past his closed door, peer in the narrow vertical window, and see him gesticulating wildly at some hapless senior, blood vessels popping in his forehead. We were genuinely terrified. I would […]
May 9, 2017
By: Pat Donachie
Source: Education Dive Dive Brief: Parents seeking special education services for their children often face anxious and costly fights with school districts about how much the district should offer for additional services. In some cases, parents see their only viable option as paying for private school placement, according to the Minnesota Star […]
May 9, 2017
By: Jen Curtis
Source: EdSurge Soft skills. SEL and MESH competencies. Habits of Heart and Mind. Whatever you call them, a growing body of research suggests these non-academic, social-emotional competencies deserve our attention. Studies have linked social-emotional learning (SEL) programs with improved focus, stronger relationships, lower anxiety and higher test scores. Even American political parties, […]
May 9, 2017
By: Michelle Diament
Source: Disability Scoop In a first, a new comic book debuting this summer will feature a superhero with an extra 21st chromosome. Comic book publisher Lion Forge said they will introduce a character named Jonah, a teenage boy with Down syndrome, in a new series called “Superb.” The move to include a […]
May 8, 2017
By: Sarah Sparks
Source: Education Week For improving achievement, boosting student attendance seems like the lowest of the the low-hanging fruit: If you can’t get the kids to school, nothing else you do matters. But new research on chronic absenteeism reveals surprising details can make a difference in whether students make it to class. The […]