Special Education
Special and General Education Students Can Coexist and Benefit From Each Other in a Safe Learning Environment
“Ms. Green, did you know that I have autism?” Andrew asked as I discussed our new lesson, “Communicating with Persons with Disabilities.” I was stunned, because Andrew often spoke in class, didn’t...
student support
COVID-19 Impacts Graduating Seniors' Postsecondary Choices. Here's How We Can Help.
Once a happy inflection point for many young people, high school graduation—and what comes next—is now chaotic. COVID-19 has dramatically raised the barriers to accessing and persisting in college,...
Charter Schools
The Pandemic Shouldn’t Stop Us From Getting Our Kids to College
With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, seniors in the Class of 2021 have faced many challenges: remote learning, balancing school work and jobs to support their families, and keeping up with the...
Charter Schools
Here's What We Need to Keep, Start and Stop Doing When We Return to School in the Fall
Across the country, teachers, families, and students have all had to adjust to a new way of teaching and learning over the past year. At Boston Collegiate Charter School (BCCS) in Boston,...
student achievement
Don’t Buy Into the Hype Around Learning Loss
I get it: “learning loss” is scary. Considering the unprecedented overuse of the word “unprecedented” to describe what our nation’s K-12 education system has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, we...
STEM
Here's How Education and Industry Can Work Together To Close the 'Skills Gap'
A new industry in Eastern Kentucky is sending us all an urgent reminder that workforce readiness must be an educational priority. AppHarvest, a sustainable greenhouse company based in Morehead, made...