Education

Just weeks ago, special education students across America had one-on-one aides, physical and speech therapy and counseling in school. Then came the coronavirus outbreak, and schools closed. While many of America’s children are working through take-home packets or taking classes online, some families of special education students are still struggling to line up learning for their […]

The Jefferson City Board of Education held its first virtual board meeting Monday, where the members voted on officers and discussed renovations at Jefferson City High School. The board elected Lori Massman as president, Scott Hovis as vice president, Ken Enloe as treasurer and Stephanie Sapperfield as secretary. The board also elected Ken Enloe as […]

The Smethport Area School District has entered Phase III, sharing plans for students to continue their education from home starting the week of April 6. Smethport Superintendent David London posted a letter to social media. Dated April 1, 2020, the letter stated, “We have received guidance for our educational plan from the PA Dept. of […]

SURRY COUNTY, N.C. — Educating children in the midst of a pandemic is a situation so many parents never expected to do and yet are now tasked with, not only in our state, but across the country.  Abigail Vipperman lives in Surry county with three kids- a middle schooler, an elementary schooler, and a baby. […]

Alison Yin/EdSource T.A.C.L.E. 1 and 2 students at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. T.A.C.L.E. (Technology & Augmentative Communication for Learning Enhancement) is a special day class program of the Oakland Unified School District. T.A.C.L.E. 1 is for grade K-2 students and T.A.C.L.E. is for grade 3-5 students. Photos by […]

Dr. Conrad Worrill Throughout most of our lives, African people in America have been told if you get a good education you can get a good job. African people in Africa were told something similar. If you get a good education, your condition in life will improve. In the early part of the twentieth-century until […]

BROOKSVILLE — Hernando school officials are awaiting action by Gov. Ron DeSantis on a $6 million appropriation in the state budget to build an adult career and technical education center and to expand career-oriented offerings. Last year, the governor vetoed a $1 million request to plan a $30 million technical education school. The Hernando County […]

Police departments in southern Maine say they are planning a measured, educational approach to enforcing the governor’s latest and most restrictive emergency order restricting all but essential activities throughout the state. While some states, including Rhode Island and Florida, are stopping cars with out-of-state plates in an attempt to enforce self-quarantine requirements and identify people […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced today new flexibilities for career and technical education (CTE) leaders who are required to submit their local CTE plan for FY 2020-2023 under the Strengthening Career and Technical Education Act for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) by April 15, 2020.   Following up on feedback […]

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