Special Education Advocate – Serving the Greater Houston Area Since 1994
Special needs classes in public schools are heavily concentrated in the most disadvantaged parts of Sydney, with 92 in the Blacktown local government area alone but none in Hunters Hill, Lane Cove or Mosman. In the Liverpool and Campbelltown council …
‘Massive pressure’: special needs classes clustered in Sydney’s west Read more »
With the clock ticking on a strike by teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, a federal judge rejected a bid by Superintendent Austin Beutner’s administration to limit or stop the labor action from happening as scheduled this Thursday. …
Federal judge rejects L.A. school district’s bid to stop teachers from striking Read more »
Lisa Kahn developed a daily routine this fall. She’d eat breakfast, feed her family and get her two children ready for school – Grayson, a seven-year-old boy with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes, and his older sister, Avery. After …
The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has developed the “Kindergarten to Grade 3 Dyslexia Toolkit” in response to The Ready to Read Act (House Bill 187, 2018). The toolkit provides educators and families with a resource to help meet the …
Dyslexia ToolKit – Kentucky Department of Education Read more »
Officials have announced that a woman in Mount Washington, Kentucky, has been taken into custody after she was caught giving marijuana and alcohol to minors at a New Year’s party. The woman is said to be a teacher with the …
Kentucky teacher accused of giving 14 minors alcohol and marijuana at New Year’s party Read more »
The president of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, affirmed on Friday that the special education in the Caribbean island is one more proof of the humanistic vocation of the work of the Revolution. ‘Special schools and special education are an expression of …
Special Education in Cuba Expresses a Humanist Vocation Read more »
Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching’s stand on the ministry’s “zero reject policy”, i.e. that no special needs child should be left out of mainstream schooling is a move in the right direction. However, it needs to be pointed out …
Please ensure ‘special needs’ education does not destroy children’s lives Read more »
Students from seven school districts will soon have more of their needs met by being closer to home. The Southern Minnesota Education Consortium (SMEC) released details surrounding the future $4.1 million education center project that would help continue to address …
PIERRE, S.D. — Legislators will be returning to Pierre in just a few short days and it looks like they’ve already got a full plate of bills to consider over the next few weeks in session. They’ll take their oaths …
Maintaining an open line of communication between teachers and parents is important for any student. But it’s even more crucial for special education students, who may require individualized needs and learning plans. Oftentimes, a student’s parents know their child best and …
Embracing families key to maximizing benefits for special ed students Read more »