This article was published on ARLnow by Jo DeVoe on May 12, 2021. Before the coronavirus, Reade Bush’s son was a talkative child with autism and ADHD who loved school and his friends. But the pandemic changed the world and in turn changed him. Without a routine and social opportunities, his son created an imaginary […]
This article was published on the Center for Reinventing Public Education by Katy Bateman & Lanya McKittrick on April 28, 2021. This is the first blog post in our Notes from the Field: Special Education blog series. When the pandemic hit last spring, schools across the country shifted out of sheer necessity to virtual meetings to discuss students’ […]
This article was published on K-12 Dive by Kara Arundel on May 7, 2021. The challenge: The School Administrative Unit 6 in Claremont, New Hampshire, located next to the Vermont border, has just a handful of students who have vision impairments and require specialized instruction and supports. But because of the school system’s small student population of 1,500, […]
This article was published on Des Moines Register by Sarah Kay LeBlanc on May 10, 2021. At the start of the year, Colleen Tendall spent days begging businesses to give her special needs students a chance to learn job skills. She wasn’t even requesting her students be paid, the Van Meter high school special education teacher said. […]
This article was published on PR Newswire by Council of Chief State School Officers on May 6, 2021. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today announced that Juliana Urtubey, an elementary school special education teacher, is the 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Urtubey, an educator for 11 years, teaches at Kermit R. Booker, […]
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Jacqueline Neber on May 5, 2021. This is part of an ongoing collaborative series between Chalkbeat and THE CITY investigating learning differences, special education, and other education challenges in city schools. Remote learning has proved uniquely challenging for the roughly 200,000 New York City public school students classified with disabilities […]
This article was published on Chalkbeat Colorado by Ann Schimke on May 3, 2021. The statewide dyslexia screening pilot program authorized by a 2019 Colorado law will launch this summer with three schools — short of the five schools state officials originally envisioned. The schools are Ignacio Elementary in southwestern Colorado, Singing Hills Elementary in […]
This article was published on Bucks County Courier Times by Ashley R. Williams on May 3, 2021. Normally, raining on someone’s parade is a surefire way to spoil an already overcast day. That was far from the case for a group of energetic Pennridge High School students and staff, who couldn’t have been more eager to […]
This article was published on KUT by Claire McInerny on April 30, 2021. Some employees in Austin ISD’s special education department received letters this week saying their jobs were being eliminated as part of a reorganization. Elizabeth Casas, AISD’s chief academic officer, said Friday she needed to take drastic measures because a “toxic work environment” had […]
This article was published on Michigan Radio by Virginia Gordan on April 29, 2021. The Michigan Department of Education is offering an option to help school districts deal with what State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice calls a “critical shortage of special education teachers in many Michigan school districts.” The MDE will allow a time limited […]