Plus: The national push for Medicaid payments to 5.4 million family caregivers; and, Texas schools see sharp increases in special education students, while its group homes have little accountability.
It still puzzles and frustrates me that US schools have not adopted universal learning strategies and training for ALL school personnel. We have data from the innovative models that have implemented programs. It does work! If done right diverse learners can thrive together. I have seen this work from class room visits in Canada and Bellaruis, Russia! The “school choice” legislation in many states is essentially emptying our classrooms except for students with disabilities, learning challenges, and low income resourced learners. Let’s turn this into opportunity to re-imagine our schools and teach kids the way we know and data proves they learn.
Agreed! Years ago I reported on an innovative model out of Colorado that talked about the building blocks that all brains need in order to be able to learn. Oregon has yet to adopt anything like that.
It still puzzles and frustrates me that US schools have not adopted universal learning strategies and training for ALL school personnel. We have data from the innovative models that have implemented programs. It does work! If done right diverse learners can thrive together. I have seen this work from class room visits in Canada and Bellaruis, Russia! The “school choice” legislation in many states is essentially emptying our classrooms except for students with disabilities, learning challenges, and low income resourced learners. Let’s turn this into opportunity to re-imagine our schools and teach kids the way we know and data proves they learn.
Agreed! Years ago I reported on an innovative model out of Colorado that talked about the building blocks that all brains need in order to be able to learn. Oregon has yet to adopt anything like that.