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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 7, 20182 min read
Lost in a special-ed maze
Special education is failing children in New York City, reports Elizabeth A. Harris in the New York Times. When “T.J.” was two, his...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20181 min read
No clapping, please. Use your ‘jazz hands’
Clapping and cheering have been banned at University of Manchester Student Union events, lest the noise upset “students with anxiety or...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 19, 20182 min read
Teachers may not know how kids learn to read
How do children learn to read? Most states don’t require new elementary and special-education teachers to show they understand the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 24, 20182 min read
Has inclusion gone too far?
Inclusion — placing students with disabilities in mainstream classes — may not help special-needs students learn, concludes Allison...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 19, 20181 min read
NC parents choose alternatives
North Carolina public schools are losing students to charter schools, private schools and homeschooling, reports T. Keung Hui in the...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jul 16, 20182 min read
Less discipline, more disorder
– Education Next 2015 The Obama-era push to reduce suspensions of black students ended up hurting black students, writes Gail Heriot, a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 26, 20181 min read
Pushed out for being ‘weird’
The teenage boy, who’s on the autism spectrum, wore a black trench coat every day as a comfort garment. He talked obsessively about video...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 1, 20182 min read
College with autism: What helps
Students on the autism spectrum may do well in high school, but fail in college, writes Brendan Borrell on Spectrum. Some colleges now...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 31, 20182 min read
22% of Pomona students are ‘disabled’
classified as disabled, largely because of mental-health issues such as depression or anxiety,” reports Douglas Belkin in the Wall Street...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 8, 20181 min read
Special ed is ‘exceptional’ in Detroit
“Special education” will not be offered by Detroit’s main school district any more. The board has voted to adopt the term “exceptional...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 28, 20181 min read
Hyperactive can be a good thing
Leonard Mlodinow, a physicist and father, writes In Praise of ADHD in the New York Times. Ten years ago, when my son Nicolai was 11, his...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 27, 20181 min read
1.7% of kids diagnosed with autism
One in 59 eight-year-olds has autism spectrum disorder, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report. The rate of autism...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 27, 20181 min read
Remember when every kid counted?
all their students made the grade — not just some of them, not just the White ones and the middle-class ones.” Under No Child Left Behind...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 26, 20182 min read
The belief gap
Beth Hawkins writes about what it’s like when your child’s teachers don’t really believe he can learn. Her older son was offered learning...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 19, 20183 min read
Broken PROMISE
Today, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, students are being urged to walk out of school to protest school shootings, register...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 29, 20182 min read
Safety last?
When he brought a knife to San Diego’s Lincoln High School, the student’s special education team decided he wasn’t responsible because it...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 15, 20182 min read
Parents of dyslexics: Teach phonics
Parents of children with dyslexia forced their school district to teach phonics, reports Emily Hanford on NPR. Upper Arlington, Ohio...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 7, 20182 min read
Discipline reform: Did it go too far?
Discipline reform may have contributed to the violence at Douglas High School, writes Erika Sanzi, who blogs on Good School Hunting, on...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 25, 20182 min read
‘It was never enough to get him arrested’
Parkland, Florida students and teachers are returning to Stoneman Douglas High this week, though not to the freshman building where a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jan 26, 20181 min read
Disabled kids need well-off parents
Affluent parents in New York City hire lawyers to sue for private-school tuition for their special-needs children, writes Jim Epstein on...
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