The ShopRite sign at the Slingerlands store was removed after the store closed in 2023. It will now be redeveloped as a school for 50 children with disabilities and run by the Center for Disability Services. The Center for Disability Services' Langan…
I support school choice. I ended my career as a teacher and administrator working in private choice and charter schools. School choice will almost certainly yield net benefits to American education. At the same time, I’ve always been skeptical of…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO-KNOX) – At Monday’s school board meeting, Grand Forks School District administrators and School Board members discussed how they recognize students who need special education services. This discussion was not on the meeting agenda, but School Board Vice President…
Santa Rosa City Schools is moving to correct a long-standing administrative oversight after discovering it failed to submit required state waivers for special education teacher caseload overages. The Press Democrat reports under California law, resource program specialists are capped at…
A paraprofessional who worked at Lincoln Elementary pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of a child after she was recorded on a school surveillance camera mistreating a nonverbal, autistic child, police said. Schenectady City School District Superintendent Carlos Cotto Jr.
Santa Rosa City Schools discovered and took steps to rectify a long-standing administrative oversight earlier this month, asking the board of trustees to approve a waiver process for teacher overages required by the state. California’s Education Code allows resource program…
What if a plan to increase teacher pay and improve Arizona schools actually hurts our most vulnerable population — our students with special needs? While Proposition 320 would impose that mandate, it would not offer one dollar more to school district budgets…
One of Kathleen Tejeda's students began freshman year just trying to get by. High school can be tricky for any teenager, but she was navigating it as a blind person. By the end of her junior year, with support from…
College of Education and Social ServicesUniversity of Vermont85 South Prospect Street Burlington, VT 05405 UVM Researchers Kristabel Stark and Shana Haines The transition from high school to adult life presents uncertainties for all students, but this journey can be particularly fraught for…
When a school district sends a child to an out-of-district program, it makes an educational decision with financial consequences. Both deserve an honest explanation. One placement can cost as much as an experienced teacher’s annual salary. Transportation and individualized services…
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