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 […]
This article was published on Alabama Politcal Reporter by John H. Glenn on April 27, 2021. Down Syndrome Alabama is demanding answers for why incentives for special education teachers were left out of the Teacher Excellence and Accountability for Mathematics and Science Salary Schedule Program, a proposed incentive program to attract more teachers for hard-to-staff subjects […]
This article was published on WTOL 11 by Emily Cohen on April 26, 2021. TOLEDO, Ohio — The Autism Society is hoping it can change both the name and the attitude surrounding autism. Kate Schwartz, the executive director of the northwest Ohio group says words matter and in this case, she says words matter a whole lot. “Everybody […]
This article was published on The 74 Million by Barbara Duffield, Lindsay Jones and Janet Murguía on April 22, 2021. For students facing the greatest barriers to school success and long-term stability, the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act was a positive step forward. The law dedicates $800 million to the identification, enrollment and […]
This article was published on KSL.com by Jacob Klopfenstein on April 23, 2021. SALT LAKE CITY — Two southern Utah school districts have decided not to require a doctor’s note for students who want to be exempt from mask requirements, instead allowing parents to simply notify them that their child needs an exemption. Kane County […]
This article was published on NBC Washington by Scott MacFarlane, Katie Leslie and Jeff Piper on April 23, 2021. Washington, D.C.-area public schools are suffering a “critical shortage” of special education teachers as students return from the long year of virtual learning, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. A lack of available special […]
This article was published on ABC Action News by Robert Boyd on April 21, 2021. LAKELAND — Hundreds of pilots were at the Sun ’n Fun Air Show, but not many of them can say they built their own plane. That’s exactly what three high school students have been doing and the end result will […]
This article was published on The 74 Million by Mark Keierleber on April 20, 2021. This story is published in partnership with The Guardian A jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of murder on Tuesday following a closely watched trial that centered on the former Minneapolis police officer’s use of physical restraint that prosecutors said killed George […]
This article was published at Hamline University by Anne Kopas on April 15, 2021. Hamline’s new special education program helps fill the urgent need for qualified special education teachers in Minnesota. Hamline now offers initial and additional licensure in special education with specialization options in the areas of academic behavioral strategist or autism spectrum disorder. Hamline’s special […]
This article was published on The Morning Sun by Jordan Meier on April 16, 2021. PITTSBURG, Kan. — It’s usually early in the morning when Salli Chowning, the special education teacher at Northwest Elementary in Arma enters her classroom. She unlocks the door, turns on the light and takes a deep breath as she prepares for the day. She […]