What Next - The Crisis in Special Education

Long before the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Obergefell ruling on equal marriage in 2015, activists were canvassing door-to-door, courting any lawmaker who would listen, and losing at the local level—a lot. Their scrappy determination helped convince family members, nei ...  عرض المزيد

This week: Situational Awareness—an A.I.-forward hedge fund led by a former wunderkind and OpenAI employee—was tanking fast until a rival fund stepped in. Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck explain the series of events that led to Citadel swooping in to buy the bulk o ...  عرض المزيد

For years, most states have reported a shortage of special education teachers. Now, according to federal data, nearly every state is struggling to hire qualified educators. And when schools can't find a licensed teacher, they hire people who are willing to do the job, but lack th ...  عرض المزيد

Then, educators say there aren’t enough accommodations for post-secondary students with complex needs. University of Toronto lecturer Simon Lewsen and Seanna Takacs with the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services discuss what needs to happen next. 

Students return to schools across the country this week (except for QLD) and they face a very challenging tension point for ‘living with covid’.

We’re joined by Correna Haythorpe, the Federal President of the Australian Education Union.&n ...

New teachers have so many challenges: lesson planning, grading, parent communication, and classroom management to name a few. You also have the many personalities and needs of your students to consider, and sometimes those needs might be more than you feel equipped to handle. So ...  عرض المزيد