IEP
Teachers Are Working So Hard This Year, But Students With Disabilities Need More
I am a special education teacher with 17 years of experience in the classroom and a parent of two children with dyslexia. Recently, I learned that my daughter’s teachers have been modifying their...
equity
Digital Equity for All Students Has Never Been a More Attainable Goal
With the American Rescue Plan (ARP) officially signed into law, the nation’s public school systems will soon have an additional $126 billion to navigate challenges brought on by the pandemic. That...
School Discipline
I'm Sorry (But Not Sorry) My Child Isn't Going to Zoom Detention
Last week, social media was ablaze due to a parent’s frustration about a consequence her child received. https://twitter.com/UjuAnya/status/1379468693483192323?s=20 Uju Anya went on to explain how...
Diversity
Meet Two Teachers Learning to Center Their Students' Identities Without Losing Sight of Their Own
Lindsay Singer and Ashley McCall are both third grade teachers at Cesar Chavez Multicultural Academic Center in Chicago. Lindsay teaches mathematics and inquiry. And Ashley is an English language...
Special Education
Awareness Weeks Are Fine but People With Disabilities Need a Lot More Than That
My son with autism is turning 19 in a couple weeks. In June, he’ll graduate from high school. I took a month-long break from writing education articles to find a place for a kid who doesn’t fit...
COVID-19
Science Is Finally Beating Covid. Now Let's Give It a Chance to Help Kids Read.
Before the pandemic, approximately one million children, year in and year out, ended fourth grade at best barely able to read. It’s anyone’s guess what that number looks like now. As states and...