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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 62 min read
A's in English but he can't read: Deaf student wants job training, given a diploma instead
A deaf student with 3rd-4th-grade reading and math skills was given high grades and a diploma, ending special-ed services.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 232 min read
Making money matter: More kids in special ed doesn't improve reading
Schools got $190 billion in emergency funding during the epidemic, write Marguerite Roza, director of Georgetown's Edunomics Lab, and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 52 min read
She can't read or write, but she made the honor roll and got into UConn
A former special-ed student is suing Hartford Public Schools because she wasn't taught to read or write.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min read
Special ed is failing: With no time to meet diverse needs, teachers lower expectations
Overwhelmed by the number of students with different needs, teachers tend to lower expectations, writes veteran teacher.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 192 min read
After the pandemic, more students are diagnosed with special needs
Special education numbers are up.
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 72 min read
Special ed labeling, spending soar -- but it doesn't seem to help students
Spending more on special ed doesn't lead to better outcomes. Teaching reading well does.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Missing dyslexia
Schools are failing to diagnose dyslexia, which makes it hard for as many as 20 percent of students to master reading, writes Sarah Carr...
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Joanne Jacobs
Aug 10, 20231 min read
Special-ed numbers doubled in 40 years: Are 20% of New York kids really disabled?
Fifteen percent of K-12 students are in special education, nearly double what it was in the late '70s, according to a Pew Research Center...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 6, 20232 min read
Happy talk isn't helpful: Tell parents the truth about their kids' learning
Keri Rodrigues, co-founder and president of the National Parents Union, complained on Twitter about the special-education team "who...
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