Joanne Jacobs
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, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 31, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- May 8, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 28, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 27, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 27, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 26, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Apr 19, 2018
- 3 min
Broken PROMISE
Today, the anniversary of the Columbine massacre, students are being urged to walk out of school to protest school shootings, register...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 29, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 15, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Mar 7, 2018
- 2 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Feb 25, 2018
- 2 min
‘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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Jan 26, 2018
- 1 min
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...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 27, 2017
- 1 min
Racial quotas for special ed?
Percentage of children and youth ages 3–21 served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) by race/ethnicity: 2014–15...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 26, 2017
- 1 min
Integration doesn’t mean equality
School integration is a mirage, writes RiShawn Biddle of Dropout Nation. Cambridge,Massachusetts is a “leader in school...
Joanne Jacobs
- Dec 16, 2017
- 1 min
‘This thing called autism’
George Yinoulis, a fourth grader in Raleigh, N.C., made a video to explain to classmates how he lives with autism. #autism
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 9, 2017
- 2 min
More disabled students, less time for teaching
Teachers spend less time on teaching — and more time maintaining order — if they have lots of students with disabilities in their...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 8, 2017
- 1 min
How schools fail special-ed students
Almost all students with disabilities are capable of graduating from high school on time, writes Hechinger’s Sarah Butrymowicz and Jackie...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 19, 2017
- 1 min
Special ed woes: Most teachers aren’t prepared
California has a “desperate” need for special-education teachers, said Michael Kirst, president of the state board of education, at an...
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