TechLife News

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At school, Rose Hayes, 8, works with a team of teachers and therapists trained to help with her genetic condition. They set goals for her reading, give her physical therapy to improve her balance and make sure she stays on track. But for the last two

Popular Science

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Athletes with ADHD and other learning disabilities are more likely to have more concussions than athletes without. Deposit Photos Risk factors for concussion are plentiful—playing soccer, playing football, having a prior concussion, being female. In

Space

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Seoul Seojin School encountered countless difficulties before they could open their doors last March. This was due to multiple tensions existing between those involved in founding the new school: the parents of special needs children, the Ministry of

NPR

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A number of lawsuits question whether schools have addressed the needs of special education students during the pandemic. But the very nature of special education makes it hard to find one solution.

NPR

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African-American students with disabilities are disciplined far more and graduate far less than their counterparts, researchers say. What needs to change to help more succeed?

POPSUGAR

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Having a child with special needs often leaves parents with oodles of questions when it comes to their education. Does my kid need an IEP? Should I schedule regular meetings with his or her teacher? Am I doing enough to help my child in the classroom

Tes

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Covid-19 has posed many problems for schools, but one of the most urgent has been how to organise SEND (special educational needs and disability) support for those receiving face-to-face teaching when resources are tight and “bubbles” cannot be “popp

NPR

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Dyslexia is the most common learning disability in this country. But it is widely misunderstood, and schools often do a poor job of helping students learn to read.

NPR

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When U.S. schools went online-only in the spring, many struggled to provide vital services to students with disabilities. Families, advocates and many educators say this fall has to be different.

Tes

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For most of his life, Sam Lowe was told he wouldn’t be able to do things. He wouldn’t be able to go to a mainstream school. He wouldn’t be able to live on his own. He wouldn’t be able to get a job. Lowe has learning difficulties relating to autism sp

Malaysia Tatler

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If asked if she’d known that educational equity would become one of her biggest motivators for running MCII, Malaysia’s first collective impact organisation, Dipti Kumar would tell you what she’s told me: “Not at all,” the young CEO candidly shares.

The Christian Science Monitor

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With remote learning planned in many cities for the fall, how will districts partner with parents of special education students to ensure success?

NPR

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We've heard from teachers nationwide about our investigation into Ballou High School. They say they see the same where they are: chronic absenteeism and pressure on teachers to pass students.

Apple Magazine

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At school, Rose Hayes, 8, works with a team of teachers and therapists trained to help with her genetic condition. They set goals for her reading, give her physical therapy to improve her balance and make sure she stays on track. But for the last two

NPR

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About 14% of U.S. public school students receive special education services. And as schools transition from the classroom to the computer, many of those students could get left behind.

NPR

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The Education Department will not request waivers to the bulk of the federal law that protects students with disabilities. Disability advocates and special education are relieved.

Tes

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It may not always seem so to us, but to parents and young children, the ad-hoc teacher-parent conversations we have in the playground are very important. They are a key part of primary life, serving to make us distinct from secondary schools. And the

Beijing Review

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Every night in a massage shop in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou Province in southwest China, after the last customer leaves, the five masseurs there and a friend pick up their musical instruments and begin creating their own world of symphony. They have

Tes

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Among the deluge of negative lockdown stories, there have been some positive tales from what may seem a surprising source. The assumption has been that lockdown learning will have hit children with special education needs and disability (SEND) hardes

Los Angeles Times

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A Northern California high school special education teacher was arrested over the weekend after police said he created a "fight club style atmosphere" in his classroom, encouraging his students to fight each other while refereeing the brawls himself,

American Survival Guide

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There are many effective ways to prepare for the unexpected. When it comes to being prepared, “expect the unexpected” is absolutely a must—especially when it involves those who experience challenges adapting to rapidly changing circumstances. Martial

Futurity

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Racial disparity in special education is growing, and it’s more complex than previously thought. New research examines how often black and Hispanic students are identified as needing special education compared to white students, leading to new findin

Global Voices

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"More and more parents...refuse to accept the social stigma that comes with developmental difficulties, and reject the misguided notion that they have to carry all the weight themselves."

NPR

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As classes move online, many schools fear students with disabilities could be left behind, in violation of federal laws. The department calls this reading of the law "a serious misunderstanding."

Global Voices

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From individual therapy to special education teachers in schools, parents of children with autism in Georgia face a constant battle with the authorities to provide the services their children need.

Global Voices

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"The [Ministry of Education] was utterly tone-deaf and did not effectively address my concerns."

Velonews

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2019 AIM MTB Team TEACHER ANNE ROCK SENSED BELLA WOULD BE a hard nut to crack. And she hoped a bike would be just the right tool. Rock teaches at AIM Academy, a Pennsylvania school focused on children with language-based learning differences, and Bel

Futurity

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Two new studies highlight the problems with existing apps for students with special needs, their teachers, and their parents and work toward tools that do more to help children and the people who support them. K-12 educators have been using technolog

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - Gloria Perez-Stewart was adamant: Her son would not attend school while his teachers at Eagle Rock Jr./Sr. High School were on strike. But for Perez-Stewart and her son, Aidan Villasenor Walker, skipping school involves much more than f

NPR

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The 13-year-old died two days after he was physically restrained by a staff member at a private school that provides special education services to students in California.