Tag: Special Needs Students

Twelve Critical Components for (Continuous) School, Staff, and Student Improvement: Motivation Cannot Compensate for a System with Systemic Deficits

September 23, 2023

Twelve Critical Components for (Continuous) School, Staff, and Student Improvement:Motivation Cannot Compensate for a System with Systemic Deficits[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of…

Seven Suggestions to Help Districts Avoid Special Education Hearings: A Short-Term Win May Be a Long-Term Loss

September 9, 2023

Seven Suggestions to Help Districts Avoid Special Education HearingsA Short-Term Win May Be a Long-Term Loss[To listen to a synopsis and analysis of this Blog…

When High School Students Have Significant Academic Gaps: More Concerns and Common Sense Solutions (Letters to the Editor)

August 5, 2023

When High School Students Have Significant Academic Gaps: More Concerns and Common Sense Solutions “When State Policy Undermines Effective School Practice” (Letters to the Editor)Dear…

How the “System” Forces Schools into Decisions that Harm Struggling Students: The “Groundhog Day” Impact of Fear on Staff Mental Health and Job Retention

March 25, 2023

How the “System” Forces Schools into Decisions that Harm Struggling StudentsThe “Groundhog Day” Impact of Fear on Staff Mental Health and Job RetentionDear Colleagues,Introduction   Groundhog…

Judy Heumann, Special Education’s History of Litigation, and the Continuing Fight: Complacency and Defensiveness Still Stand in the Way of Students with Disabilities’ Rights

March 11, 2023

Judy Heumann, Special Education’s History of Litigation, and the Continuing Fight:Complacency and Defensiveness Still Stand in the Way of Students with Disabilities’ RightsDear Colleagues,Introduction   Last…

Solutions for Selectively Mute Students and Educators: The Long-Term Adverse Educational Effects When Inappropriate Behavior is Ignored

February 25, 2023

Solutions for Selectively Mute Students and Educators:The Long-Term Adverse Educational Effects When Inappropriate Behavior is IgnoredDear Colleagues,Introduction   During a recent elementary school consultation, a building-level…

Was a First Grade Virginia Teacher Shot Because Her Student was Denied Special Education Services?

February 11, 2023

Was a First Grade Virginia Teacher Shot Because Her Student was Denied Special Education Services?What School Administrators Face that State Departments of Education IgnoreDear Colleagues,Introduction:…

Reviewing the Educational Challenges of 2022: The Need for Improvement in the Midst of Academic Gaps, Discipline and SEL Problems, School Shootings, and Continued Disproportionality

December 31, 2022

Reviewing the Educational Challenges of 2022:  The Need for Improvement in the Midst of Academic Gaps, Discipline and SEL Problems, School Shootings, and Continued DisproportionalityDear Colleagues,Introduction  …

Teaching Students Needed Academic and Social-Emotional Skills: We Need to Sweat the Small Stuff

November 12, 2022

Teaching Students Needed Academic and Social-Emotional SkillsWe Need to Sweat the Small StuffDear Colleagues,Introduction   Once again, I am writing this Blog while flying at 33,000…

Generation C (COVID) is Entering School with Significant Language, Academic, and Social Delays

August 27, 2022

Generation C (COVID) is Entering School with Significant Language, Academic, and Social DelaysThe Pressure on Our Preschool and Kindergarten Programs to Act NOWDear Colleagues,Introduction   One…