Students at Belmont-Cragin often lead morning assemblies, part of an effort by the school to give young people more control over their own learning. Credit: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report The ...

Kellen Hedler is actively engaged in his fourth-grade classroom: He raises his hand to correctly answer a math question, he reads prompts out loud for the class and he gathers with classmates to watch ...

What is the essence of the Seder? Plain and simple, it is a teaching tool. It’s goal is to teach how the Jewish people became a nation of values and adopted a code of law that inspires us to this day.

Special education teachers fill out mountains of paperwork, customize lessons for students with a wide range of learning differences, and attend hours of bureaucratic meetings. It’s easy to see why it ...

The Special Education (SPED) program is committed to preparing highly qualified graduates to serve K-12 students with varying needs in the least restrictive environment and to ensure their access to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Solutions to the perennial crisis of special education staffing must extend beyond training and recruiting more teachers to the more complex work of retaining educators who’ve already entered the ...

More American children than ever are qualifying for special education, but schools are struggling to find enough teachers to meet their needs. A record 7.5 million students accessed special-education ...

IT teacher and her students using laptop during computer class in high school. The Rising Cost of Special Education: Maintaining FAPE Amid Budget Cuts and Teacher Shortages. Special education services ...

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A few weeks into the extended school closure, six-year-old Brodie Stover-Mejias had a new morning routine. After breakfast, he watches a daily video from Becca Irvine, his special education teacher at ...