15 Oct Bringing Dyslexia Screening into the Future
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14 Oct Does Extended Time on Tests Actually Help Students With ADHD?
Picture a student with ADHD whose hallmark symptoms include struggling to sit still and focus for extended periods of time, especially when the subject holds little interest. Then picture that same student receiving extra time to complete a test or assignment—from low-stakes weekly...
09 Oct What States Collect Sales Tax When Buying Costco Gold
Gold has been in the news a lot since it's shot up over 50% in value this year to the lofty price of over $4,000 an ounce. It was already big news when Costco started selling gold a few years ago, the recent run up in...
08 Oct Trump Funding Cuts Hit Particularly Hard for Deaf and Blind Children
April Wilson is responsible for teaching 36 students this school year—not squeezed into a single classroom, but spread among 19 school buildings in 12 districts across rural southern Illinois.For her job as one of only two itinerant teachers of the visually impaired, or...
07 Oct Make a Profit as a Coin Buyer
PFS Buyer Club is an organization that helps source in-demand items from their army of buyers. I’m one of those buyers. There’s no membership fee or anything to join the club, you just get in. If you want an invite, email me and I can get you...
26 Sep Educators Worry About How Trump’s Autism Rhetoric Will Affect Students, Parents
President Donald Trump’s recent announcements about autism didn’t center on education. But educators still expect his comments—including an assertion, disputed by scientists, that acetaminophen use during pregnancy causes the condition—to pop up in emotional conversations with parents.Educators and people with autism have long...
23 Sep How to Skip the TSA Security Lines for Free
At a few airports around the country, there are free programs that let you skip ahead in the security lines. We all know about CLEAR, which costs $209 a year, but did you know they offered a free program called Reserve powered by CLEAR? For example, Seattle-Tacoma...
09 Sep Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What’s Next?
Twenty-five ongoing projects related to special education got cancellation notices on Friday night from the U.S. Department of Education, imminently jeopardizing more than $30 million worth of federally funded efforts in 14 states to help educators better serve students with disabilities.Cancellations for money...
06 Sep Most—But Not All—Imperiled Federal Grants for Special Education Will Continue
The U.S. Department of Education will supply expected competitive grant funding for hundreds of in-progress special education projects nationwide in time for the upcoming fiscal year, reassuring grant recipients and advocates nationwide who had feared widespread cancellations.The department told Congress on Friday that...
22 Aug 4 Ways Principals Can Better Support Special Education Teachers
Special education teachers tend to have hefty workloads that can lead to stress and burnout. Principals may not be able to solve all their problems, but they can offer an important relief—emotional and practical support. Special education staffing shortages are a perennial challenge...