Category: Examples from the Field
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CPS Expanding Tuition Reimbursement Program to Fill Special Education Vacancies
This article was published on WTTW by Matt Masterson on December 18, 2020. By the time Arlene Comendador joined Frazier International Magnet School on Chicago’s West Side last winter, she already knew she wanted more for herself in her career. Comendador began work as a substitute teaching English language arts at the elementary school, but…
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Special ed in the age of COVID-19: ‘The school bus for distance learning came. But it didn’t have a ramp.’
This article was published on Berkeleyside by Ally Markovich on December 11, 2020. Since schools shut their doors in March, Dalilah’s* son has been struggling. When classes moved online, Adam* began to despise school. First, he refused to open his computer. Then came the meltdowns. Adam has a language disability that makes it difficult for…
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‘Inclusion works’: Families of kids with special needs share the benefits of inclusive education
This article was published on Advocate Lake Highlands by Carol Toler on December 9, 2020. On the first day of school last year, first grader Alora Huebner told her mother, Kristin Milota, she wanted to meet the school’s new principal. Alora had completed kindergarten and was ready for first grade at White Rock Elementary after…
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‘A lost generation’: Surge of research reveals students sliding backward, most vulnerable worst affected
This article was published in the Washington Post by Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson on December 6, 2020. After the U.S. education system fractured into Zoom screens last spring, experts feared millions of children would fall behind. Hard evidence now shows they were right. A flood of new data — on the national, state and…
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Some Families Hope Pandemic Can Spur Change in Special Education
This article was published on KQED by Cayla Bamberger on December 7, 2020. This story about special education services was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter. Single mom Nicole Vaughn has spent the better part of her adult life advocating for…
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Importance of NYC’s outdoor learning initiative is clear to Little Neck special ed teacher
This article was published in the Queens Daily Eagle by Rachel Vick on November 24, 2020. Two years ago, P.S. 811 in Little Neck transformed a concrete corner of its schoolyard into an accessible oasis to engage students in a curriculum that taught independence and vocational skills through gardening. The benefits of the open air…
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Local students with hearing disabilities presented with new obstacles amid pandemic
This article was published in the Telegraph Herald by Annie Mehl on November 29, 2020. Inside his first-grade classroom at Carver Elementary School, McCoy Hubbard is mindful of the way his teacher’s lips move under the clear mask that covers her face. Her mouth is the one clue he has to decipher what she is…
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Seguin ISD brings special education teachers to students learning from home
This article was published on KENS5 by Holly Stouffer on November 23, 2020. SEGUIN, Texas — Virtual learning presents its own set of challenges for teachers and students, especially for those in special education. Even in a pandemic, educators know how to solve problems with ease. Seguin ISD has found the solution. The district is…
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Arguing for Agency: One Student-led Classroom Debate at a Time
This article was published on Getting Smart by Les Lynn and Eric Tucker on September 29, 2020. Understanding the ins and outs of the COVID-19 pandemic can be difficult—information changes almost daily, and public health guidelines shift, too. For schools grappling with these changes, it can be confusing. But it’s also a powerful learning opportunity…
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Lessons In Leadership: How a first-year principal navigated pandemic disruption
This article was published by Education Dive on September 22, 2020 by Roger Riddell. As a Feb. 1 transition to hybrid learning approaches, Principal David Brown is continuing to implement and improve supports for students, families and staff. Like many of his peers, David Brown’s first year as a principal was far from ordinary. Where…
