Month: June 2021
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WGU Indiana Launches Masters in Teaching Program
This article was published on Inside Indiana Business by Mary Roberts on June 14, 2021. INDIANAPOLIS – WGU Indiana has announced its Master of Arts in Teaching–Special Education degree is now available. WGU says the new degree will help Indiana meet workforce development needs and help educators meet the requirements to earn an initial teaching license…
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Technology Made Special Education Parents Better Advocates During the Pandemic
This article was published on EdSurge by Nadia Tamez-Robledo on June 2, 2021. As schools let out for summer, there are undoubtedly aspects of the past year that teachers and parents alike are ready to leave behind. But then there are the benefits that some are hoping stick around. Among them: better communication strategies and…
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Some North Carolina parents push for cameras in classrooms to protect students with disabilities
This article was published on ABC11 by Samantha Kummerer on June 10, 2021. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The phone call from her daughter’s principal wasn’t one Lyndsay Emmons was expecting or prepared for. “It was devastating. It was all the worst fears of a parent culminated in one phone call,” remembered the Wake County mom.…
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Nevada Dual Sensory Impairment Project celebrates 30th anniversary
This article was published on Nevada Today by Jesse Stone on June 10, 2021. The Nevada Dual Sensory Impairment Project (NDSIP) is celebrating its thirtieth birthday after decades of reaching out to children with vision and hearing disabilities. Serving over a hundred children in locations spread across the entire state, the project consists of only two…
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The Benefits of Speech-to-Text Technology in All Classrooms
This article was published on KQED by Caroline Smith on June 9, 2021. During in-person instruction, Vikram Nahal would correct console grips in his role as a Resource Specialist Program (RSP) teacher in Northern California. Learning console grips helps students develop the hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills necessary to correctly form shapes on a page. He…
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Strong Gains, Quick Losses: New Research on Students with Disabilities Finds Conventional Data Hides Both Opportunity and Risk
This article was published on The 74 Million by Beth Hawkins on June 7, 2021. A new report from the assessment group NWEA underscores two findings that could inform how schools support children with disabilities going forward. Students receiving special education services often make more academic growth during a single school year than their typically…
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Innovation Zones Offer Schools and Districts Flexibility to Reimagine and Modernize K-12 Education Post-COVID-19
This article was published on PR Newswire by Aurora Institute on June 3, 2021. Innovation zones offer flexibility from regulations that are barriers for K-12 schools and districts modernizing teaching and learning. As districts consider their post-COVID futures, innovation zones present an important policy option for states to offer increased flexibility. Innovation Zones: Policy Flexibility…
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Business 200 Students Adapt to Community Needs
This article was published on University of St. Thomas by Jamie Tjornehoj on June 1, 2021. Nonprofits were left scrambling when the pandemic struck in March 2020. Fundraising events that heavily supported local nonprofits were canceled, budgets were cut, and volunteer programs were shut down. At the same time, the pandemic was taking a toll…
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Community support, new neighbors, lead to new garden and chicken coop for Greenville County students with disabilities
This article was published on WYFF4 by Gabrielle Komorowski on June 1, 2021. Leadership Greenville Class 47 selected the partnership between West Greenville School (WGS) and the Truist Culinary and Hospitality Innovation Center (CHI) as one of their 2020-21 class projects, supporting the effort with donations that allow creation of a sustainable garden and providing…
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Why having too many or too few special education students matters
This article was published on K-12 Dive by Kara Arundel on June 1, 2021. The improper identification of special education students was a concern to Lauren Katzman and many others before the pandemic. Now, after a year of millions of students collectively experiencing lost instructional time, fluctuating learning formats, social isolation and trauma, the angst…