Category: Examples from the Field
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Charter schools have briefly returned to the spotlight in the Boston mayoral race. Here’s why
This article was posted on the Boston Globe by Stephanie Ebbert on September 11, 2021. How did support for charter schools — a polarizing issue in the last open race for mayor — surface as a high-profile topic in the current contest, even taking up air time in the final debate of the preliminary race?…
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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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Developmentally disabled kids in San Jose left behind amid COVID-19
This article was published on the San Jose Spotlight by Mauricio La Plante on March 8, 2021. Access to a COVID-19 vaccine may be the first step to getting students back on campus, but youth are in the back of the line for vaccines in California. That’s especially tough for students with special needs and…
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St. Louis County using CARES Act money to provide free tutoring to special needs students
This article was published on KMOV by Caroline Hecker on February 23, 2021. ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. (KMOV.com) — St. Louis County is allocating $160,000 in federal CARES Act funding to help provide free tutoring to students with special needs. The program, a partnership between Miriam Learning Center and the county’s library system, will offer…
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For adult transition students with special needs, a special delivery offers respite from the stress of remote learning
This article was published on the Chicago Tribune by Janice Neumann on February 17, 2021. A box filled with water beads, a retractable ball and other sensory items came at just the right time for Chance Moragne, a 21-year-old student with autism. Moragne, like his fellow students in the Adult Transition Program in Oak Lawn-based…
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Parents of special education students fear academic, social losses
This article was published on Bethesda Magazine by Caitlynn Peetz on February 8, 2021. When Montgomery County schools first closed in March, it was confusing for Dana Chan’s 10-year-old son, Ryder, who has Down syndrome. The disrupted routine that’s often hard for children with developmental disabilities to process, lack of regular therapy services and abrupt…
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Northwestern Program For Students With Disabilities Receives Federal Approval
This article was published on KIWAradio by Scott Van Aartsen on January 15, 2021. Orange City, Iowa — A program designed to assist a certain type of student at a northwest Iowa institution of higher learning has been approved by the federal government. College officials tell us Northwestern NEXT, Northwestern College’s two-year program for students…
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BUSD Struggles to Support Special Education Students Amidst Pandemic
This article was published on the Berkely High Jacket by Naomi Rubalcava-Levinthal on January 12, 2021. The pandemic has upended the education system, with most schools pivoting to a fully or mainly online model since March of 2020. For special education students, issues with evaluating those who currently have an Individualized Education Program (IEP), or…
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Special ed students fill ‘instrumental’ role at Children’s Hospital while learning workplace skills
This article was published on the San Antonio Report by Brooke Crum on January 4, 2021. Deep in the labyrinthine basement of the Children’s Hospital of San Antonio, El-Fayad-Ben Ibrahim worked one Thursday afternoon assembling sheets of paper into packets, one of only eight interns allowed in the hospital amid the pandemic. The Sam Houston…
