Tag: family
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Montclair Schools: We Promise To Do Better For Special Education Students
This article was published on Montclair Local by Talia Wiener on July 15, 2021. Montclair schools say they’re undertaking major, systemic changes to special education after an audit found racial disparities in how often children are classified as needing services, problems with communication and uneven experiences across the district’s schools. That third-party audit, by GoTeach…
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Some North Carolina parents push for cameras in classrooms to protect students with disabilities
This article was published on ABC11 by Samantha Kummerer on June 10, 2021. RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — The phone call from her daughter’s principal wasn’t one Lyndsay Emmons was expecting or prepared for. “It was devastating. It was all the worst fears of a parent culminated in one phone call,” remembered the Wake County mom.…
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NYC to pay $500 to nearly 1,000 parents to address mental health needs at their schools
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Alex Zimmerman on April 9, 2021. The education department is launching a training program next month for parents, paying them $500 to become “wellness ambassadors” addressing mental health needs in their school communities. The initiative will pay the stipend to parent leaders from roughly 950 schools…
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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education
This article was published on the Hechinger Report by Sarah Butrymowicz on March 25, 2021. Near the end of Delilah McBride’s second month of kindergarten in Taylor, Michigan, her family received jarring news from her principal: Delilah would be allowed to come to school only in the morning. Someone would need to pick her up…
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Gov. Lujan Grisham signs bills on special education, school equity and child support
This article was published on the Las Cruces Sun-News by Algernon D’Ammassa on April 5, 2021. SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham took action Monday on 50 bills passed by the New Mexico Legislature during its regular 60-day session from January to March, highlighting measures addressing special education, childhood poverty and child support as well…
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Chicago Parents Could Have More Time To File Special Education Complaints
This article was published on Patch by Samantha Smylie on March 30, 2021. Special education advocates are pressing the state to extend a deadline for Chicago families to seek relief for those years the district delayed or denied services to children with disabilities. A bill in the state legislature, which would extend the timeline, passed…
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House Bill 222 aims to help parents of children with special needs navigate the education system
This article was published on KOB by Joy Wang on February 26, 2021. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- House Bill 222 would create an ombudsman program to advocate for families that have children with special needs. Jennifer Sanchez said having a child with special needs in the education system can be overwhelming. “I was given a pamphlet and…
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Bills to bolster education plans for students with disabilities teed up for Session
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…
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Meriden schools scrutinized over mask policy for special ed students
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…
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Parents of special education students fear academic, social losses
This article was published on Bethesda Magazine by Caitlynn Peetz on February 8, 2021. When Montgomery County schools first closed in March, it was confusing for Dana Chan’s 10-year-old son, Ryder, who has Down syndrome. The disrupted routine that’s often hard for children with developmental disabilities to process, lack of regular therapy services and abrupt…