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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

Although she earned a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in math instruction for both elementary and middle school, she never had to take a class about students with disabilities. A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” No one taught her these strategies.

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Dramatic DeVos nomination begs question: Can she be an effective Ed Secretary?

The Hechinger Report

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, briefs President Barack Obama for an interview in the Oval Office July 22, 2009. Department of Education (2009-2012). Peter Cunningham, former press secretary to U.S. Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. Board of Education , the G.I. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.