March 28, 2017
By: Carolyn Crist
Source: District Administration Many district administrators seem to agree that teenagers need more sleep. A new study released in February indicates that attendance and graduation rates may match the science, too. Published in Sleep Health, the journal of the National Sleep Foundation, the study includes data for 30,000 students in 29 high […]
March 28, 2017
By: Paul Wisenthal
Source: School Library Journal In an increasingly social media–driven world, school library media specialist Cindy Symonds sees herself as the personal tech guide to the teachers and 560 students at Round Top Elementary School in Blythewood, SC. One media tool she’s recently introduced is interactive comic strips. Her students have been creating […]
March 27, 2017
By: Joanne Kimberlin
Source: Disability Scoop Life hasn’t been easy for Jon Atkins. Born with Down syndrome, he deals with a lot of just-can’t-dos. It took years to learn to count to 10. At 19, he’s able to read 30 or so words. Fine motor skills — buttoning a shirt — remain frustrating. But Jon […]
March 27, 2017
By: Leonor Vivanco
Source: Chicago Tribune For many college students, spring break means following a well-established ritual — travel south, bask in the sun, drink beer and escape reality. But some students are finding there is an alternative, one that instead focuses on social issues like homelessness, the environment and working with people with disabilities. […]
March 24, 2017
By: Tara Garcia Mathewson
Source: Education Dive Schools collect attendance every day. It is a basic measure that creates common ground across districts in every corner of the United States. But when most schools track attendance, they look at the average daily attendance rate – how many students are in school on any given day? […]
March 23, 2017
By: Anya Kamenetz
Source: NPR We are in the midst of a quiet revolution in school discipline. In the past five years, 27 states have revised their laws with the intention of reducing suspensions and expulsions. And, more than 50 of America’s largest school districts have also reformed their discipline policies — changes which collectively […]
March 22, 2017
By: Melinda D. Anderson
Source: The Atlantic For more than a decade, standardized-test scores have been the dominant metric for measuring what public-school students know and are able to do. No Child Left Behind, the sweeping federal education law enacted in 2002, ushered in a new era of student testing and school compliance. And in […]
March 22, 2017
By: Shaun Heasley
Source: Disability Scoop Nike is taking steps toward increased accessibility with a new shoe designed to make it even easier for people with disabilities to slip their feet in and out. The athletic-wear giant said this week that it’s introducing a new iteration of its FlyEase lineup, a collection of sneakers that […]
March 22, 2017
By: Valerie Strauss
Source: The Washington Post Daniel Willingham is a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, where he has taught since 1992. His research once centered on the brain basis of learning and memory, but for more than 15 years, he has focused on the application of cognitive psychology to K-12 schools […]
March 22, 2017
By: Anya Kamenetz and Cory Turner
Source: NPR School districts must give students with disabilities the chance to make meaningful, “appropriately ambitious” progress, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in an 8-0 ruling. The decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District could have far-reaching implications for the 6.5 million students with disabilities in the […]