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How Democrats and the GOP in Congress Compare on Education Funding

Details: Published: Wednesday, 18 September 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

This Congress is the first in four years to feature divided political control, and it shows in how they've approached U.S. Department of Education spending in 2019....

Preparing Students for Life After Special Education? Here's How Federal Dollars Can Help

Details: Published: Tuesday, 17 September 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

When can schools use federal funds to help students with disabilities prepare for life after special education? A new resource from the federal education department offers a road map....

How Beto O'Rourke Handled a Question About Charter Schools: Carefully

Details: Published: Monday, 24 June 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

Beto O'Rourke, a former Texas congressman, participated in an American Federation of Teachers town hall in Miami as part of the union's ongoing public forums featuring 2020 Democratic presidential candidates....

Schools Underreport How Often Students Are Restrained or Secluded, GAO Finds

Details: Published: Monday, 17 June 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

Left uncorrected, the erroneous data could severely limit the federal education department's ability to monitor, enforce, and oversee potential civil rights violations, the congressional watchdog agency concludes....

Evaluating English-Learners for Special Education Is a Challenge. Here's Help

Details: Published: Monday, 17 June 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

Two new resources aim to help educators determine whether English-learners' struggles in schools stem from learning disabilities. Experts say educators often struggle to identify these students and to steer them to the right services....

A Gap in Teacher Training: Working With Students Who Have Concussions

Details: Published: Tuesday, 11 June 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

A growing number of students have experienced a brain injury that could affect their ability to learn in school. Yet most teachers aren't prepared to work with these students....

Most Classroom Teachers Feel Unprepared to Support Students With Disabilities

Details: Published: Tuesday, 28 May 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

A survey from the National Center for Learning Disabilities and Understood.org finds a teaching corps that lacks confidence in their ability to meet the needs of millions of children with disabilities in the nation's public K-12 schools, but wants the training, support, and guidance to improve....

Senate Democrats to DeVos: Your Budget 'Fails to Invest' in Public Schools

Details: Published: Wednesday, 27 March 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

This is the third year that the Trump administration has proposed big K-12 cuts. And, for two years, lawmakers rejected them, even Republicans controlled both houses of Congress....

Why Are Some Special Education Teachers Treated Like Second-Class Citizens?

Details: Published: Saturday, 16 March 2019 20:00

Authors: Education Week

As soon as a student receives the classification of special education, that label can create a glass ceiling for them. However, that label has long created a glass ceiling for their special education teachers....

Union Campaign Seeks More Money for Special Education, Disadvantaged Students

Details: Published: Sunday, 03 March 2019 19:00

Authors: Education Week

The American Federation of Teachers announced the "Fund Our Future" initiative to push for more school spending for several programs both at the federal and state levels....

Special Ed Hub

How Democrats and the GOP in Congress Compare on Education Funding

Preparing Students for Life After Special Education? Here's How Federal Dollars Can Help

How Beto O'Rourke Handled a Question About Charter Schools: Carefully

Schools Underreport How Often Students Are Restrained or Secluded, GAO Finds

Evaluating English-Learners for Special Education Is a Challenge. Here's Help

A Gap in Teacher Training: Working With Students Who Have Concussions

Most Classroom Teachers Feel Unprepared to Support Students With Disabilities

Senate Democrats to DeVos: Your Budget 'Fails to Invest' in Public Schools

Why Are Some Special Education Teachers Treated Like Second-Class Citizens?

Union Campaign Seeks More Money for Special Education, Disadvantaged Students

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