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USA TODAY talked with special education experts about the factors that led to the shortage of special education teachers and what schools can do to address the problem. 1. Mental health check-ins
The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) was a study of school-age students funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education and was part of the national assessment of the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 97). From 2000 to 2006, SEELS documented the school ...
In June 2009, TNTP published its Widget Effect report on teacher evaluation, conducted in collaboration with over 50 district and state officials and 25 teachers union representatives. [5] Although the American Federation of Teachers agreed that the “overall conclusions of the report are sound,” the union disputed the data on the number of ...
Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs. This involves the individually planned and systematically ...
The National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) is a non-profit, non-partisan education policy advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1994 by then-North Carolina governor Jim Hunt and Stanford University professor Linda Darling-Hammond, the NCTAF focuses its research on improving the teaching profession through recruitment, development, and retention of ...
On a recent episode of "Influencers with Andy Serwer," Education Secretary Miguel Cardona attributed recent teacher shortages in the US to relatively low pay and lack of respect for the profession.
Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is a pedagogical approach wherein learning takes place via social interaction using a computer or through the Internet. This kind of learning is characterized by the sharing and construction of knowledge among participants using technology as their primary means of communication or as a common resource. [1]
Journal of Special Education publishes research articles and scholarly reviews on special education for individuals with mild to severe disabilities. The journal features traditional, ethnographic and single-subject research as well as intervention studies, reviews on timely issues and critical commentaries.