This article was published on The Guardian by Mark Keierleber on May 19, 2021. When a Florida elementary school principal was caught on video spanking a six-year-old girl with a wooden paddle last month, it sparked national outrage and a criminal investigation. But for those who believed the principal should face arrest, a state prosecutor’s […]
This article was published on Blue Ridge Public Radio by LA Johnson on May 18, 2021. It’s been a year since teachers were handed an unprecedented request: educate students in entirely new ways amid the backdrop of a pandemic. In this comic series, we’ll illustrate one educator’s story each week from now until the end […]
This article was published on EdTech Magazine by Chris Hayhurst on May 3, 2021. Special education instructors, like everyone else, turned to an array of digital tools and technologies to continue teaching in the wake of the pandemic. And while most would agree the shift to online learning came with serious challenges, many also found […]
This article was published on Cision PR Newswire by Learning Ally on May 11, 2021. PRINCETON, N.J., May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Learning Ally, a leader in education solutions, has received Honorable Mention for its Audiobook Solution in the Education category of Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards. The nonprofit now joins the ranks of trailblazing organizations at the […]
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 […]