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Five Steps to Ensure Accessibility for All

edWeb.net

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. Step 3: Build staff capacity.

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Recommended Read: Schooling Beyond Measure by Alfie Kohn (Heinemann, 2015)

Reading By Example

Instead of a Reader’s Digest version of this book, I’d like to highlight five of the articles I found that most impacted me as an elementary principal in a high-poverty public school. A Dozen Essential Guidelines for Educators ( [link] , October 2013). The Case Against Grades (Educational Leadership, November 2011).

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Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students

The Hechinger Report

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. In each school year we analyzed, more than 8,000 districts did not meet the one-in-20 guideline.

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Unmet Needs: Children with disabilities caught in the voucher crossfire

The Hechinger Report

But she was relieved of the duty when Jacob graduated from his Head Start preschool program and enrolled in a Durant Public School District elementary school. Out of 14 scheduled visits, dating from October 2014 to June 2015, the hospital counted Jacob as a “no show” for nine of them. His school was supposed to provide transportation.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

She was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, in Yazoo County, and now teaches there, at Bentonia Gibbs Elementary. In a 2014 report, the group said the state had improved somewhat, covering 50 percent of recommended content. After the state overhauled its standards, the group called it a leader in civil rights instruction.

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Broken system: Child care subsidies ensure low-quality, limit access

The Hechinger Report

The family had just moved and now has to wake up earlier to make the half hour drive across town to Jaslynn’s elementary school, which is in their old neighborhood. one early-March morning for the half hour drive to Jaslynn’s elementary school in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was 8:38 a.m. the night before.

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