School bus fare may go up 114% Sep 16, 2009
Students with special needs, whose Individual Education Plans call for door-to-door bus services or who cannot ride a regular bus, also receive free transportation from the state. "There's an across-the-board mandate from the superintendent to reduce spending by 5 percent," Moore said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Legislature must respond to clamor for better schools Sep 16, 2009
But Patrick s bill protects families against trading one bad option for another by limiting new seats to high-performing charter schools that make sound efforts to recruit students with special needs and limited English skills. Lawmakers should take on this challenge, and without the usual Beacon Hill bank shots. (Boston Globe)
D25 gets boost from rebate Sep 16, 2009
Bart Reed, District 25's director of business operations, said the district is eligible for reimbursement of the Medicaid money used on students with special needs or requiring special services. The reimbursement is slated to go to the district's general funds budget and could provide some cushion should administrators initiate spending cuts later this school year. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Animal rescue organization needs support to accomplish goals Sep 13, 2009
It could also serve as a job training center for high school students with special needs. In order to accomplish our goals, we will need the continued support of the community. (The Augusta Chronicle)
High school welcomes new principal Sep 11, 2009
Mr. Wenker has been very involved in the analysis of standardized testing, development of alternative programs for students, coordination of the use of facilities for athletic activities, monitoring the academic progress of student athletes with regard to university and NCAA requirements, coaching various teams, development of an adaptive physical education program for students with special needs, master schedule development and the development of strong partnerships with the community," the... (Newington Town Crier, CT)
Making progress Sep 5, 2009
This year, to continue meeting standards, the district is trying scaffolding strategies among those students with special needs. For full story see print edition. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
McLaughlin Middle honored in Governors Fitness Challenge Aug 23, 2009
The main activities and exercises of the eight-week challenge can be modified to accommodate students with special needs or disabilities. Homeschool students and students who attend a school that does not participate in the challenge can still participate individually. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Cherry-picking the measures Aug 18, 2009
What the Globe analysis really uncovered is the overlabeling of students with special needs and language barriers in district schools, and the success of charters in educating these students in mainstream classrooms. MARC KENEN, Haydenville The writer is executive director of the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Capped funds for pupils with disabilities Aug 15, 2009
SCHOOL funding for students with special needs will be capped and no longer distributed according to the number of individual students, under NSW Department of Education proposals. Principals and teachers are concerned that funding for students with autism and mental health disorders will be capped for the next three years at 2009 levels. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
New MHS discipline and tutorial system to debut Aug 13, 2009
g1g2 wrote on Aug 12, 2009 9:20 PM:" C- was a mistake in the paper; it is intended for students with Ds, Fs, or incompletes. This WILL be part of the students' day; school does not end until tutorial does (unless a student has the 7th Period class) and that is still only at 3:00 p.m. There is a computer system which teachers put grades into and they will be required to enter the Ds, Fs, and incompletes only once every 3 weeks on a Wednesday. On that Friday, a new schedule will be created for... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Maricopa gets more alternatives to public schools Aug 12, 2009
Graysmark said the school focuses on smaller class sizes for the students and educating students with special needs, as well as more "typical" students as well. "We welcome those kids with special needs more than the other schools," she said, adding she works with students who have Down syndrome, autism and ADHD, among other symptoms. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Progress coming slowly for Keokuk Aug 12, 2009
Breaking this same pool of elementary students into sub-groups as reported for No Child Left Behind, those classified as low socio-economic (SES) 264 students, as well as 77 students with an individualized education plan (IEP), usually students with special needs, missed scoring adequate yearly progress as sub-groups. Of the 264 low socio-economic elementary students, 164, or 71 percent, scored proficient. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Charter schools lagin serving the neediest Aug 12, 2009
Charter schools lag in serving students with special needs - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
New school buses for East Helena Aug 11, 2009
Economically disadvantaged students in East Helena scored 81 percent; students with special needs scored 59 percent; and American Indian students scored 72 percent ... East Helena s economically disadvantaged students scored 65 percent; students with special needs scored 40 percent; and American Indian students scored 54 percent. (Helena Independent Record)
Teacher With Cerebral Palsy Inspire... Aug 10, 2009
When peers accept the students with special needs, and cheer them on when they reach a milestone, I know I have taught them an important life lesson of acceptance of all people, Braun reflects. Four-year-old Nick agrees. (Suite101.com)
Most CG schools meet federal standard Aug 5, 2009
So all of CGESD's 12 schools will begin an alternative reading program for English Language Learners and special-education students, provide more instructional time to students with special needs, assign academic specialists to the middle schools and continue professional development and collaboration. Casa Grande Union High School Principal Edna Morris, who also is assistant superintendent for academic affairs, said a high school must meet three criteria to make AYP.. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
All kinds help out Jul 31, 2009
Two or three students with special needs will come in with their caretakers to interact with the animals. I had a teacher tell me about one autistic boy who you could not even touch, Fujimoto said. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Bisbee aiming to boost test scores Jul 23, 2009
BISBEE Bisbee students scored well in last spring s AIMS test, though some areas of weakness exist, due to students with special needs and those with a language barrier, educators said. Superintendent Gail Covington, said, While our students scores need improvement, they are actually quite strong when the large number of English language learners and high poverty rate of approximately 65 percent is taken into account. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Learning Online Jul 21, 2009
University of Southern Queensland - There are 10 courses available at USQ OCW. Featured courses include Teaching Students with Special Needs and Object Oriented Programming in C. They also offer remedial prep programs. (Suite101.com)
How do you know if a school is good? Jul 17, 2009
There are five states that offer scholarship programs for students with special needs, such as Autism. More than 22,000 children benefit from these programs. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Deficits cause states to cut summer school Jul 6, 2009
The programs focus on students with special needs, especially those with disabilities or third-graders who are struggling with learning to read. Both counties also offer some driver education courses over the summer, and as required by state law, a voluntary prekindergarten program for children who will be eligible for kindergarten in August. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Adapted aquatic program continues to grow at YMCA Jul 5, 2009
Classes are taught on a one-on-one basis with instructors who are specially trained to deal with students with special needs. The adapted program is a learn-to-swim program, as well as an exercise program for people with disabilities, Blankenship said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
New groups aim to help special needs students Jun 30, 2009
Of some 700 students with special needs, she said, only nine are educated outside the district. "Seventy-six percent of our children with disabilities graduate with a Regents diploma," she said. (Albany Times Union)
LETTER: Article didn't tell fullspecial needs story Jun 27, 2009
Yes, students with special needs are allowed to go to a private school without trying out the local school s special education programs. However, that was not a shift of any kind. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Language arts the focus after state test results announced Jun 25, 2009
The results also come with the news that students with special needs and socioeconomically disadvantaged students have shown significant gains in recent years. District assessment coordinator Linda Zeman delivered the results from the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam and Measures of Academic Performance during the school board's regular meeting Monday. (Chetek Alert, WI)
Govt denies plans to axe teaching jobs Jun 21, 2009
"We will take appropriate action against any imposed changes in this vitally important provision of education for students with special needs." ... " She said the government was evaluating whether the School Learning Support Coordinator program could be expanded. The coordinators in the program have received extra training in supporting students with special needs, including those with behavioural problems and learning difficulties. "A classroom teacher is teaching, the School Learning Support... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Wealthy schools win cash bonanza from grants Jun 20, 2009
It has also received $200,000 under the secondary schools' program to expand its centre for students with special needs. Malek Fahd Islamic School, which received $12. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
My Possibilities bringing South African cuisine to Plano Jun 18, 2009
Ferrell s son had aged out of Plano West Senior High School in 2007, meaning that the public school system would not provide education for students with special needs after the students turn 21 years old. I spent the next year piecing together some things for him to do while I was at work, she said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
NM Ed. Dept. awards $250M of stimulus pot Jun 17, 2009
Schools can use this money to hire additional support staff and parent liaisons, do training and professional development for special education teachers and hire job coaches to work with high school students with special needs so they can enter the work force. The funds are available now. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Scores show state excels in special education Jun 16, 2009
It was a good week in special education departments statewide as they received a pat on the back from the South Dakota Department of Education for hitting federal and state targets for services for students with special needs ... "I think, as always, it's a challenge in the areas of reading and math to have our students with special needs be able to achieve the efficiency levels. We're still not quite at the state targets, and we will continue to focus on those areas.". (Rapid City Journal, SD)
A Prom Night to Remember for Teens With Autism and Other Special Needs Jun 16, 2009
"My philosophy is that learning should be fun, and for students with special needs, dance is a different way to provide a social curriculum. It may spark a new interest and open another window to learning.". Dr. Sara McCracken, Director, The Help Group Autism Spectrum Disorders Programs notes that the benefits of dance for children with autism spectrum disorders are broad, "In addition to learning the steps and keeping the beat, dance involves learning appropriate physical boundaries, social... (PR Newswire)
Saying thanks to retiring Holliston teacher Janet Masters Ferreri Jun 6, 2009
That funding paved the way for the creation of the Montessori program that offered a method to integrate students with special needs into the regular classroom, rather than a separate setting ... Her class not only had support staff helping students with special needs, but also often had a student-teacher present ... That funding paved the way for the creation of the Montessori program that offered a method to integrate students with special needs into the regular classroom, rather than a... (Holliston Tab, MA)
School consolidation endorsed by task force Jun 4, 2009
Weyerhaeuser has three routes; Chetek has 11 regular routes, three noon routes for 4-year-old kindergarten and one bus for students with special needs. Weyerhaeuser currently budgets $137,000 for their transportation, Chetek budgets $608,000. (Chetek Alert, WI)
What Types of People Make Good Tuto... Jun 3, 2009
This is especially true when working with non-traditional/adult college students, young children, and students with special needs and/or low self-esteem. These traits help raise the tutee's beliefs in one's self and minimize the stigma of tutoring and reluctance to speak up when in doubt. (Suite101.com)
School Committee explores surplus spending and energy efficiency Jun 3, 2009
The state allows school committees to use this type of funding through a Circuit Breaker Policy, where the state aids cities and towns in supporting students with special needs. The committee hopes to possibly use the money for an additional occupational therapist or specialist. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Special education degree offered at Bay Path College Jun 1, 2009
The program focuses on the use of multiple teaching strategies, which ensure all students with special needs reach their learning potential. Bay Path graduate students also acquire knowledge in articulating theories, concepts, and methods of assessing the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social development of children and adolescents, as well as gain experience in designing and adapting curriculum, instructional materials, and environments for students with special needs. (Burlington Union, MA)
Partners prepare for Dances with Wheels May 29, 2009
The money raised will go to the Billerica Scholarship Foundation (BSF) to help students with special needs go to college. The show. (Billerica Minuteman, MA)
School tax credit bill approved May 28, 2009
The measure, approved by the House and Senate largely along party lines, is designed to replace a system of direct vouchers that used state tax dollars to directly pay the tuition and fees of about 400 students with special needs who wanted to go somewhere other than public schools. The state Supreme Court ruled in March the vouchers, approved by lawmakers in 2006 violate constitutional provisions that bar direct state aid to private and parochial schools. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Letter: Somerville teachers support schools paraprofessionals May 27, 2009
On a regular basis they communicate with the parents and families of our students, they help translate for families of English language learners, and help our students with special needs. It will cost the city more money to hire substitutes per day than it does to pay a paraprofessional per day. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Governor promises a budget May 26, 2009
Efforts to negotiate a budget also are going to be complicated this week by the fact that lawmakers are in a special session designed to enact a new tax credit to replace the vouchers for students with special needs that the Arizona Supreme Court declared unconstitutional. Burns said work on that measure could slow negotiations. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
SCITUATE AROUND TOWN: Animal shelter sale is the just start of the good news May 21, 2009
For the month of May, they are offering 10 percent of their online profits to the Community of Resources for Special Education (CORSE) Foundation, a non-profit organization developed by parents and educators to enhance and provide quality experiences for students with special needs. So it s a great time to check out their Web site at romanmccall. (Scituate Mariner, MA)
Letter: Brookline School Committee will miss sole minority voice May 15, 2009
It includes English language learners, students from working class immigrant backgrounds and students with special needs. Asian-American students also have interests that need representation in the school curriculum. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Analytical approach to a challenge May 12, 2009
Bridges lead teacher Jennifer Yanazzo works one-on-one with student Mischa Jones at the New Meadow Saratoga School, preschool for students with special needs, in Malta. OTHER STORIES. (Albany Times Union)
More of this story May 9, 2009
For many students with special needs, providing a calm, natural space is beneficial to their sensory systems and helps them regulate emotions and behaviors, she noted. The garden, which Brown estimated will take about two to three years to complete, will be funded entirely by grants as well as donations from local businesses and families. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Pawlak, Bates beat challenger Vervaeke in Danvers election May 7, 2009
In particular, he hoped the graduation rate would be bettered, especially of students with special needs; that the imbalances among the elementary schools would be rectified; and that MCAS scores would go up. Loading commenting interface. (Danvers Herald, MA)
PCI Education earns high marks for reading program May 6, 2009
The PCI Reading Program seeks to improve the reading capabilities of students with special needs ... San Antonio-based PCI Education markets more than 7,500 instructional materials for students with special needs. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
County school districts weigh in on possible mergers May 4, 2009
School systems around the state are already cooperating across district lines in many ways, from intermediate units that provide services to students with special needs to the joint purchasing of office supplies, books, health services and utilities. In some areas, athletes play for neighboring teams when their districts do not offer a particular sport. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
No security for teachers of special needs pupils Apr 29, 2009
" The NSW Public Service Association is starting a campaign on behalf of 5000 learning support officers this week in an effort to help them secure permanent employment and professional development from the Department of Education and Training. The Students Need Us campaign will coincide with students returning to school from holidays from today. More than 30,000 students with special needs attend mainstream classes. The association president, Sue Walsh, said most public servants could obtain... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Neighbors fear traffic from Marines school Apr 15, 2009
The hearing Tuesday was at the Heritage Center, a former elementary school that currently houses students with special needs who next year will merge with another program. Search. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Student relocation faces debate tonight Apr 15, 2009
The Heritage Center, a former elementary school in northeast Atlanta that dates to 1968, currently houses students with special needs who next year will merge with another program. The Marines school is expected to open in August and eventually enroll 650 students. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
At Mary C. O'Brien elementary School a horse is a course that builds character & confidenceof course, of course Apr 14, 2009
TEACH, the Therapeutic Equine Academy for Children, was started in 1997 for students with special needs, but it became part of Mary C. O'Brien's curriculum for all fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders in 2007. Mary C. O'Brien is a small county-run school that has no art teachers, no music teachers and few of the electives offered at larger public schools, said former Principal Valerie Gorodensky, now associate superintendent of the Pinal County School Office. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Rotary Donation Apr 8, 2009
Patty is a teacher with the Atlantic Community Schools who teaches students with special needs. The funds will be used to send 13 students and 5 staff to Camp Courageous this summer. (Atlantic News-Telegraph, IO)
Letters to the editor Apr 7, 2009
Yet this is exactly the type of situation that is hurting students with special needs at Essex Agricultural and Technical High School. The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently discovered that the school has not properly evaluated many of its students with disabilities, negatively affecting their services. (Beverly Citizen, MA)
Joint Finance Committee meets in Cambridge Apr 4, 2009
Keiser said in Watertown, the district serves a higher percentage of students with special needs than many other school districts. He said this is due, in part, because the district serves students with special needs that would normally attend one of the 11 private or parochial schools in the community. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Special-needs kids shake their groove things Apr 4, 2009
Devon Ragin, 7, isn t really the King, but he may have felt like one at a dance for elementary students with special needs. Related. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Watertown schools will get share of stimulus Apr 3, 2009
The funding, which will total more than 1 billion for Wisconsin and will be distributed in multiple phases, will go toward educating students from low-income families and students with special needs, expanding professional development opportunities for teachers, and helping promote reforms at schools identified for improvement under the No Child Left Behind Act ... Title I and IDEA grants for special education can be used by school districts for a variety of purposes including expanding early... (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
St. Catherine Academy fills a void for special needs children Apr 3, 2009
President Burland explained that prescribed routines are essential for students with special needs. Still, the hope is that prescriptions give way to generally applicable and creative skills. (Fairfield Minuteman, CT)
Hearings to be held on moving schools Mar 28, 2009
The Heritage Center is a former elementary school that currently hosts students with special needs. Those students next year will merge with another special needs program at the system s Margaret Harris school. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
UG students with special needs get support office Mar 26, 2009
Accra, March 25, GNA - The University of Ghana (UG) has set up an office within the Students Union premises to help identify varied needs of students with special needs and provide them with best support services ... The office, which has a Coordinator supported by five trained resource persons would offer diverse information, support, resources, advice and expertise to sections of the University in all matters concerning the requirements, rights and responsibilities of students with special... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
School chiefs offer wish lists Mar 26, 2009
She said her school began bringing the district s 7th- and 8th-grade students with special needs who had been taught elsewhere back into the school. She said teaching the children on campus saved the school 70,000. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Bassler: Its time to build a new Wellington Mar 25, 2009
The LABBB Collaborative allows Belmont and its other four member towns to save very significant amounts of money by educating students with special needs in the community rather than in expensive out-of-town placements. Last year the needs of LABBB grew to the point where the Butler School couldn t make an extra second grade classroom available when the second grade enrollment was too high for the classrooms allotted to it. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
O'S GUTTERBALL JOKING: IT'S NOTHING 'SPECIAL' Mar 24, 2009
I have invested 20 years of my life working for students with special needs, and I am really shocked that our president could make such an insensitive, ignorant, bigoted comment about the Special Olympics. I have always taught my students that they can do anything, from obtaining full-time work to raising families with their partner. (New York Post -- Opinions)
AMSA chief applauds Obama's charter school plan Mar 19, 2009
Mc Gann also said AMSA has also strengthened its programs for students with special needs ... AMSA at one time was not as well equipped to handle students with special needs, she said. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Competition with a smile Mar 13, 2009
Instructor Becky Kyhl said the event enables students to understand there are many ways to help students with special needs. Principal Doug Kennedy also presented athletic letters to seniors, including Sampson, White, Freudenberg and Nathan Hendrickson; and a letter of participation to Mannetter. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Double happiness Mar 13, 2009
Of the 435 students with special needs who sat for the examination last year, one with low vision obtained nine 1As and another who is deaf scored 12As, he said. A total of 442,936 students sat for 111 subjects offered under the SPM last year. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)
