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

The Hechinger Report

Related: While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own That incipient definition characterized a lot of early thinking about dyslexia. was creating its own special education categories and definitions to prepare for the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

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Deb : Definitely. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Is there an infiltration of leadership and advocacy coming from those universities that also helps to encourage school librarian employment in those states? Ten states and D.C.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

Hamblin, the student services director in a Utah district, said his district’s program, based on Cornell’s guidelines, emphasizes problem solving. And the report classifies Chas as a high-level threat, though the circumstances don’t meet the definition, Mosby said.

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Twilight of income-share agreements to pay for college?

The Hechinger Report

Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, has put its program on pause while it seeks more clarity on the changing federal guidelines, Katherine Frohoff, a university spokesperson, said by email. In its March announcement, the Department of Education declared that ISAs are by definition private education loans.

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How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise

The Hechinger Report

The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act , or ESSA, also provides increased access to funding for physical education by including the subject in its definition of a “well-rounded education.”. “At At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It

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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. And then there’s the gulf between what people commonly think of as homeless and the more expansive definition Congress uses for students.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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There’s really no agreed-upon definition of “personalized learning” after all , and as such no real way to measure how many or how well schools are actually implementing it. Whatever “it” is.

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