This article was published on Florida Politics by Renzo Downey on February 22, 2021. Bills designed to help students with disabilities plot out their continuing education after they graduate high school are ready to move through the House and Senate. Sen. Annette Taddeo and Rep. Allison Tant‘s legislation (SB 726/HB 173) have now both been assigned to committees […]
This article was published on the Savannah Morning News by Barbara Augsdorfer on February 16, 2021. [Correction: A previous version of this story stated that ESOL students would return to the classroom this week. That was incorrect and the final paragraph of the story has been edited.] Students with special needs must receive all their […]
This article was published on eSchool News by School News Staff on February 11, 2021. As part of its commitment to helping educators address the challenges of unfinished learning, Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce it has teamed up with WestEd to develop one of the edtech industry’s most advanced math screener and diagnostic assessments that […]
This article was published on the Chicago Tribune by Janice Neumann on February 17, 2021. A box filled with water beads, a retractable ball and other sensory items came at just the right time for Chance Moragne, a 21-year-old student with autism. Moragne, like his fellow students in the Adult Transition Program in Oak Lawn-based […]
This article was published on Education Next by Todd E. Elder, David N. Figlio, Scott A. Imberman, and Claudia L. Persico on February 16, 2021. Racial segregation in U.S. schools has been illegal since the 1950s, but school enrollments remain stubbornly separate. About 70 percent of all Black students attend schools where more than half […]
This article was published on the Santa Fe New Mexican by James Barron on February 15, 2021. State Rep. Liz Thomson spoke from experience Monday as she discussed House Bill 222. Thomson, an Albuquerque Democrat, talked about the struggles her family faced in advocating for the special education plans and services her son needed when […]
This article was published on MyRecordJournal.com by Michael Gagne on February 12, 2021. MERIDEN — For Max Kish and his family, the more than two months he was unable to attend kindergarten in-person proved a harrowing experience. The five-year-old is blind and diagnosed with autism. He is non-verbal and has severe mental disabilities, explained his mother Bobbie […]
This article was published on WTKR by Erin Miller on February 11, 2021. Whether you like tossing the football or cheering from the sidelines, every student should have the opportunity to participate on their school’s sports team. However, the results of a two-year study on K-12 Special Education in Virginia by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) […]
This article was published on K-12 Dive by Kara Arundel on February 10, 2021. This is the first installment of a two-part deep dive on the increased legal challenges districts face under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act during the COVID-19 pandemic. For part two, click here. When Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia closed for in-person learning […]
This article was published on K-12 Dive by Kara Arundel on February 10, 2021. This is the second installment of a two-part deep dive on the increased legal challenges districts face under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act during the COVID-19 pandemic. For part one, click here. When Mitchell Yell, a special education professor at the […]