This article was written by Shaun Griswold & Trip Jennings and published by The 74 on January 20, 2021. This piece, originally published by New Mexico In Depth, is part of a collaborative pandemic reporting project led by the Institute for Nonprofit News and member newsrooms. (See more rural case studies at The 74) Even by the most optimistic standards, the logistics […]
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This article was originally written by Jillian Jorgenson and published by Spectrum News NY 1 on March 27, 2023. An expanded partnership between public schools and the Special Olympics will allow more than more than 1,700 students with disabilities to play sports like volleyball, track and field and basketball during the school day—and will expand […]
This article was originally written by Eileen O’Grady and published by Ink Link on March 20, 2023. Henniker Special Education Coordinator Lindsay Nye started holding preschool guided play and discussion sessions for parents of babies and toddlers this month after she realized many parents in her district didn’t know whether their children were meeting their […]
This article was originally written by UnidosUS and published by Progress Report on March 21, 2023. The growing U.S. Latino population needs a larger pool of educators and advocates who represent their unique cultural and linguistic identities while sensitizing others in the school system and beyond. In honor of Women’s History Month, ProgressReport is uplifting […]
This article was originally written by Digital Promise and published by PR Newswire on January 17th, 2023. The Product Certification serves as a signal to district leaders for edtech products that enable meaningful participation from all students. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Global education nonprofit, Digital Promise, in partnership with and education research and development nonprofit, CAST and […]
This article was originally written by Amy Foxwell and published by Edtech Digest on Janurary 13th, 2023. As capabilities have improved, text-to-speech software has become a powerful tool for helping all students learn. GUEST COLUMN | by Amy Foxwell The ability to have text read aloud through text-to-speech technology once was a niche accommodation for a small subset […]
This article was originally written by Sarah Carr Special and published to The Washington Post, Dec 25, 2022 BOSTON – The worry nagged at Roxann Harvey from the time her children were in kindergarten. They couldn’t name all their letters, much less associate them with sounds. Teachers offered tepid assurances (some kids take longer […]
This article was originally written by Jo Van Herwegen, Elisabeth Herbert, and Laura Outhwaite and published to The Conversation, November 29, 2022 A good grasp of maths has been linked to greater success in employment and better health. But a large proportion of us – up to 22% – have mathematical learning difficulties. What’s more, around 6% of children […]
This article was originally written by Julie Rubin and published to The D.C. Policy Center, December 15 2022 A return to in-person learning at the start of school year 2021-22 also presented challenges for students with disabilities as they had to navigate changes to service delivery; staffing shortages; and COVID-19 protocols, exposure quarantines, and social […]
This article was originally written by Lauren Morando Rhim, Candace Cortiella, Lindsay Kubatzky & Laurie VanderPloeg and published to The 74 Million, January 3, 2023. Students pegged for evaluation may be struggling due to disrupted learning or show trauma-related behaviors — and may not have disabilities at all We have devoted our careers to ensuring […]