GRAND FORKS — UND and special educators say the need for special education teachers has grown critical in the state, and some are calling for changes that will allow for on the job training. While AND has developed different educational paths to more quickly graduate qualified teachers, special education unit directors are dealing with open […]
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned that DeKalb school officials enrolled hundreds of special ed students in an online study program that requires students to work almost entirely on their own. Channel 2 investigative reporter Richard Belcher broke the story in January that the district’s FLEX Academy was plagued by mismanagement […]
One of the many struggles in the special education field is the increasing need for more teachers who have experience with special needs children. In Baldwin Wallace’s current educational program, students can be licensed, which limits their marketability and focuses the curriculum in one area. Baldwin Wallace is working to establish a dual license program […]
Tate Julian, a sixth grade student at Twin Peaks Middle School, recently had lunch with a new friend. He and his friends invited a boy named Cole, who has a helper for his autism, to sit with them. “He’s a nice boy,” Tate said. “Me and my friends plan to do it daily.” This is […]
The UNC Board of Governors met Thursday for the first time this semester and discussed the UNC system’s five-year strategic plan, which is in its final year. Peter Hans, President of the UNC system, suggested that the BOG should revise and expand the plan’s framework, preserving the original basis and adjusting where necessary. The board […]
Three faculty members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Education, Health and Human Sciences — Tara Moore, Associate Professor of Special Education, Zoi Traga-Philippakos, Assistant Professor of Literacy, and Kristen Secora, Assistant Professor of Deaf and Special Education — will receive a grant of of $3.7 million from the US Department of Education’s […]
A state award was recognized for a program by the Poway Unified School District that redesigned special education services and teaching to bring more students into the general education setting. The district received the California School Board Association’s Golden Bell Award in the Special Education category for its Inclusive Practices Program. “I was thrilled,” said […]
Philstar.com January 10, 2022 | 10:15 am Micaella Salonga comes from a career in early childhood education and has interacted with different types of students with different needs. She worked in an inclusive preschool and was fortunate to have colleagues to guide her in dealing with children who were classified as atypical learners. Despite her […]
NAPLES, Florida – “It will give my daughter and other students who are studying differently the opportunity to have a really good music education, a chance for a job, but with the support and that is the vital support we are going to provide “Chairman and President of the Southwest Florida Music Education Center, said […]
Alicia Ncho-Oguie and her 9-year-old daughter Elena are riding scooters through their neighborhood in Novato on Wednesday November 17, 2021. Elena is autistic and is attending special classes in Mill Valley at Edna Maguire Elementary School, where she is in fourth grade. (Sherry LaVars / Marin Independent Journal) Alicia Ncho-Oguie is playing with her 9-year-old […]
Thursday, November 25, 2021 By Rachel Lacroix Hit 118 U.S. Representative Susan Wild visits Monroe County to highlight a local high school that goes way beyond that for her special needs students. East Stroudsburg South High School offers a program that gives students with special needs an insight into the responsibility that comes with living […]
Justin Harper, a parapagogue at Ann Arbor Public Schools, is one of 25 members of the first pilot to help paraprofessionals earn their teaching degree. The pilot is a partnership between the local school district, Washtenaw Intermediate School District and Eastern Michigan University.Martin Slagter | The Ann Arbor News ANN ARBOR, MI – Justin Harper […]
