Month: August 2021
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In debate over masks, Arizona parents of kids in special education worry about COVID-19 safety
This article was published on the Arizona Republic by Yana Kunichoff on August 11, 2021. As COVID-19 forced thousands of Arizona families in and out of remote learning last school year, Sadie Derton struggled through the difficult and often despairing work of supervising the online classes of her two children. This year, Derton was ready…
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KISD could have to pay up after mother alleges lack of special education services
This article was published on the Killeen Daily Herald by Emily Hilley-Sierzchula on August 10, 2021. A Texas special education hearing officer will decide whether the Killeen Independent School District will have to pay a family for required special education services that the family says the district did not provide their daughter. The first of…
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Are you a special-ed teacher? Triangle schools need you — and will pay big to get you
This article was published on The News & Observer by T. Keung Hui on August 9, 2021. Triangle school districts are offering thousands of dollars in recruitment bonuses to attract new special-education teachers to educate students returning to class later this month. Last week, the Wake County school board approved a $3,500 teacher recruitment bonus to fill…
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Google Fonts Adds Braille Institute’s ‘Hyperlegible’ Typeface For All To Use
This article was published on DesignTaxi by Mikelle Leow on August 8, 2021. Joining the hundreds of thoughtfully designed font families on Google Fonts is ‘Atkinson Hyperlegible’, a typeface strategically optimized for the visually impaired. When tasked to revamp Braille Institute’s visual identity, design firm Applied Design Works took the reasonable approach of creating a wholly new typeface, poring…
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NYC to increase special education services for Bronx students following settlement
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Pooja Salhotra on August 4, 2021. A federal district judge has approved a settlement agreement between the education department and disability rights advocates in the Bronx, resolving a four-year-old lawsuit that challenged the city’s process for allocating certain special education services. The settlement, in effect for three years,…
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Federal Court Rules in Favor of APS in Drawn-Out Education Dispute
This article was published on ARLNow by Jo DeVoe on July 30, 2021. A multi-year legal battle between a family and Arlington Public Schools over the appropriateness of their child’s special education support ended this summer with a decision in APS’s favor, handed down by federal court. While the avenues for dispute resolution dead-end there…
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Special education funding should be more streamlined, report finds
This article was published on EdSource by Carolyn Jones on July 30, 2021. To improve accountability and transparency in California’s special education system, funding should bypass local cost-sharing consortiums and go directly to school districts, according to a new report released Thursday. The report, compiled by researchers at the nonpartisan consulting firm West Ed, is…
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Sununu Signs Special Education Bill
This article was published on InDepthNH by Paula Tracy on July 29, 2021. CONCORD – Katie Duran of Wolfeboro was beaming Thursday and said she almost accidentally signed House Bill 581 just after Gov. Chris Sununu in celebration of a measure that places the burden of proof in special education on the school system rather than…