This article was published on the Hechinger Report by Sarah Gonser on January 26, 2021. On a shelf in her Chicago classroom, third grader Arianna has a thick binder that details her achievements, strengths and goals as a student, along with some revealing information about her personality. It describes her love of guitar and singing […]
This article was published on the Idaho Press by Sami Edge and Nicole Foy on February 1, 2021. Originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org on Jan. 28, 2021 An anonymous group of Wilder School District patrons filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights on Thursday, alleging the district discriminated against students learning English […]
This article was published on News10 by Chelsea Siegal on February 1, 2021. WASHINGTON (NEWS10) —Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced bicameral legislation to support educational programs for low-income students and students with disabilities. The Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teacher’s (PACT) Act would put Congress on a path to provide mandatory funding for Title I and the Individuals […]
This article was published on The News & Observer by T. Keung Hui on January 29, 2021. This story is part of “The Lost Year,” an occasional series on how the pandemic is affecting education across North Carolina. The past year has robbed many Americans of their lives, but it’s also robbed many special-needs children […]
This article was published on WISHTV by Brenna Donnelly on January 28, 2021. FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — One art teacher at Hamilton Southeastern High School is truly living the cliche: ‘art is for everyone.’ Mr. Dan Moosbrugger recently created a peer mentoring art class, combing general education students and HSE’s “Exceptional Learner” students, or those […]
This article was published on The 74 Million by Jo Napolitano on January 26, 2021. Luis Martinez, an 11-year-old fifth grader with autism, rarely missed a day of school before the pandemic. Though non-verbal, he delighted in seeing his friends and teachers, and his mother, who quit her job five years ago to care for […]
This article was published on WDIO by Emily Ness on January 24, 2021. The Univeristy of Minnesota Duluth added a new minor to their roster of classes this semester—aimed at making physical activity more accessible for all. The minor is called the Developmental Adapted Physical Education minor—or DAPE—for short. Courses are being taught by Dr. […]
This article was published on the CT Mirror by Adria Watson on January 21, 2021. Now that Connecticut officials have data showing just how much school the state’s most vulnerable students are missing when they switch to remote learning, advocates are calling on Gov. Ned Lamont’s administration to do something to close those gaps. The data, which […]
This article was published on WKYT by Ashton Jones on January 16, 2021. BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – A new Western Kentucky University program will bring more special educators to Kentucky. The university received a $1.1 million federal grant for the PREP program. “We’re looking for and have successfully found some of those people who are […]
This article was published on the Chicago Tribune by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen on January 13, 2021. This story is a collaboration between the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica. Illinois lawmakers had the support to ban schools from locking students alone in a room or physically restraining them face down. But they didn’t […]