Sign up here for The 74’s daily newsletter. Donate here to support The 74’s independent journalism. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Holly Daniels’ third grade son and second-grade daughter could be found in the backyard building a treehouse. After spending the morning completing school assignments remotely with help from a hired instructor, they […]
Over the past few months, we’ve seen a lot of news about how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted our children’s education. Yes, school closures, online learning, and hybrid models have transformed the lives of our students. But as an educator, I remain long-term optimistic about the future of education in New Mexico. The pandemic experience […]
East Anglian Daily Times: 7th grade students outside the new “Mulberry” SEND unit at Stowupland High School – Credit: John Milton Academy Trust By Anne Dachel Comparing the state of special education in the UK and the US leaves me baffled. All a person has to do is look at the last hundred or so […]
Introduction Background The reported study is one of an ongoing series of small-scale collaborative research projects undertaken by researchers at the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter that focus on exclusionary practices in schools in England and the perspectives of varied stakeholders on illegal exclusionary practices (Done & Knowler, 2020a, 2020b, 2020c, 2021; Done et al., […]
Anecdotal reports from some doctors, parents, and autistic adults have long suggested that cannabis and cannabis-derived products can alleviate certain common autism characteristics, including anxiety and aggression. Although many of these claims are untested, research over the past five years shows that cannabis can relieve seizures in people with autism-associated syndromes and benefit other autistic […]
Sponsored Virtual Reality means the future of education is before our eyes Keeping the headset clean is just as important as keeping the content clean Changes in education can trigger strong emotions, especially when it comes to new technologies. But while the 3Rs are undoubtedly at the center of learning, VR will play an increasing […]
Recently, Democratic Governor Kate Brown signed the Oregon SB 744, which completes the qualification requirements for graduation. Sad but true. Now the Beaver State sanctions high school graduates who cannot read, write, or do arithmetic. This is in line with nationwide stupefying movements. Some schools have done away with college prep, honor programs, and suicide […]
Most recently from the “Know your Author” series by BlogChatterHalfMarathon. As I mentioned earlier, momlifeandlifestyle would be this October 1, and over the past year I have grown as a blogger. In this post I want to talk / share about the future of blogging for momlifeandlifestyle. Do you know your author series: Blogging is […]
By Anne Dachel In 2007 I wrote a piece calledAutism: An epidemic of relatively recent origin It was all about the explosion of autism from a relatively rare condition to one in 150 (2007). One of my sources for this story was a 2007 piece from the Boston Globe, with Rise in Autism, Programs Tense. […]
By Anne Dachel In 2007 I wrote a piece calledAutism: An epidemic of relatively recent origin It was all about the explosion of autism from a relatively rare condition to one in 150 (2007). One of my sources for this story was a 2007 piece from the Boston Globe, with Rise in Autism, Programs Tense. […]
