Most teachers, and many parents, are well aware of IEPs, or individualized education programs. Today, an educator and parent shares her experience transforming the typical IEP process and meeting. Navigating the IEP Meeting Brandi Hinnant-Crawford is an associate professor of educational leadership at Clemson University......
The end of the year is one of the most powerful moments to improve your financial life. A few intentional moves before December 31 can lower your tax bill, strengthen your savings, and set you up for a smoother year ahead. You don’t need a......
So your pupil has been accepted to highschool – Congrats! Have enjoyable their accomplishments after which take some time to map out how one can pay for all 4 years sooner than your pupil will get the bill for freshman yr. That is, besides you......
Every year, the IRS updates various limits due to inflation. This covers everything from your tax rates and standard deductions to contribution limits for retirement accounts. Earlier this month, the IRS released the 2026 contribution limits for a variety of retirement accounts and despite their......
The number of students in special education in the United States has doubled over the past four decades, with schools responsible for providing special services to a growing segment of their student bodies. Almost 7.3 million students, or 14.7 percent of all public school students......
Teachers often graduate from their preparation programs without a firm grounding in common learning differences like dyslexia, which affects the ability to read. This is the case even though teachers will, over the course of their careers, educate many students with learning differences—putting them, and......
Another year of celebrations behind you, another stack of unwanted gift cards in a drawer. Billions of dollars in gift cards go unclaimed every year. Chances are some unclaimed dollars are lurking in your house. Getting rid of those unwanted gift cards is simple and......
Fifty years ago, Congress dramatically expanded schools’ responsibilities when it passed the nation’s primary special education law, requiring children with disabilities to receive a “free appropriate public education” alongside their non-disabled peers. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, as it was then called, required......
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 for schools—research......
Roughly 1 in 5 children in the United States are estimated to be neurodivergent, with a range of learning and thinking differences. Those differences have nothing to do with intelligence—but derive from how their brains receive, process, and respond to information. In a short span......