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As more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help

The Hechinger Report

Kathryn Meyer, left, attorney at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and Christiana Mills, are part of the Yale Child Student Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Barry Zuckerman, who created the first medical-legal partnership in Boston more than 30 years ago, saw the need for family advocacy first hand during his childhood, in the 1950s.

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Edsurge

Most students are referred to Monarch School through social workers from other institutions, and the school says that’s because of the social programs it offers. Senate found that Monarch School’s students had poor reading and math skills when compared to public schools in the San Diego area, especially for elementary students.

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Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

Edsurge

Maria and her husband arrived at Adventist HealthCare’s The Lourie Center for Children’s Social & Emotional Wellness in 2018, seeking answers for their then-2-year-old middle son, Lucas. They were referred to the Lourie Center in Rockville, Md., They absolutely love their chaos. Lucas needed help. So did Maria and her husband.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

In 2018 Congress allocated federal funds to train schools on threat assessment. The state education department referred questions about those complaints and whether changes are needed in the state’s approach to the Colorado School Safety Resource Center. Peter Mosby is principal at Rock Ridge Elementary School in a suburb of Denver.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

The study described a 14-year-old referred to as Percy F. “He During her first couple of years of elementary school “her nervous system was like a pressure cooker because she wasn’t being given appropriate help,” Chittenden said. The same thing happened when Chittenden requested another evaluation when her daughter was in first grade.

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Kids Co-Creating Curriculum

The CoolCatTeacher

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Date: January 29, 2018. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Date: February 5, 2018. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here.

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