Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of daily classroom practice, whether schools are ready or not. Teachers are using AI tools to save time on lesson planning, generate feedback on student writing, create leveled reading passages, and support students with different learning styles. Students … Read More
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Employment Checklist For Students (ages 14-22) With Disabilities
Getting a job is an exciting experience that takes planning. There are important documents you may need before you can get a job. There are skills you will need to prepare you for employment, and actions that you may need … Read More
Police in Schools: The Complicated Impact on Students, School Environments, and the Juvenile Courts
Having police officers in schools (school resource officers – SROs) is controversial with a growing debate as their presence has proliferated nationally over the past twenty years. A majority of high schools and middle schools today have police on campus … Read More
The State of Children With Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS In 2019–2020, 19% of kids living in the United States — more than 14 million children total — had special health care needs, according to a 2022 summary of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s National Survey of Children’s Health. Children within … Read More
Federal and State Resources for Students Experiencing Homelessness
Daniel Espinoza, Michael Griffith, Dion Burns, and Patrick M. Shields Executive Summary Approximately 1.3 million public school students in the United States were identified as experiencing some form of homelessness in 2019–20. Due to their unstable living situations, students experiencing … Read More
Four Ways to Better Support Young Adults Transitioning out of Foster Care
Congress established the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, known as Chafee, in 1999. That means the program, which provides support to assist young adults transitioning out of the foster care system, is now 23, … Read More