special education
10 Resolutions for Special Education in 2021
By: Karla Phillips-Krivickas. With these 10 initiatives, states can rethink and reimagine teaching and learning for all students, especially those with disabilities.
How Speech and Language Deficits Can Affect a Child’s Academic Success
By: Leanne Sherred. Speech and language challenges can affect how children perform in school, including the development of early literacy skills and their mental well-being. In this post, we discuss how communication difficulties can affect academic performance and the benefits of early intervention.
Personalized Learning Is Special Education and the Time Is Now
By: Karla Phillips-Krivickas and Rebecca Midles. Learned through shared experiences, Karla and Rebecca share how schools can design student-centered, personalized learning for all students.
Educating All Learners Alliance Launches Flagship Site, Shares Personas Educators Can Use to Understand Students’ Lived Experience During COVID-19
Vulnerable learners will need more from our school communities this year, whether we’re operating in fully remote, hybrid, or in-person instructional environments.
Reimagining Learning for Students with Disabilities: A COVID Crisis Silver Lining
By: Karla Phillips-Krivickas. As schools are reopening their classroom doors, they should also open the door to reimagining education for students with disabilities.
How We Move Forward: Practicing Three Inclusive, Anti-Racist Mindsets for Reopening Schools
The authors share three key commitments to keep in mind when reopening school to ensure a steadfast focus on equity.
Preparing to Reopen: Six Principles That Put Equity at the Core
By: E. Tucker and L. Kruse. The authors address some of the challenges facing schools trying to make an equitable reopening plan, particularly keeping in mind students with disabilities.
Educating All Learners During COVID-19: An Alliance Emerges to Provide Support for Virtual Special Education Services
Rachelle Dene Poth shares an overview of the Educating All Learners Alliance, an organization committed to supporting the efforts of the education community to meet the needs of students with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Affirming the Needs of Students with Disabilities in 21st Century Learning
By: A. Parsi. The inclusion of students with disabilities has come a long way. It's time to push for inclusion in 21st-century learning systems too.
Serving Students With Special Needs: Five Key Values We Instill in Our Leaders
By: Toni Barton. One graduate school of education shares how they work with leaders to incorporate five values that they've found make a powerful difference in empowering exceptional special education learners.