What Next - The Crisis in Special Education

The hit movie of the fall is…a three-hour documentary about investor fraud? Technically yes, but there’s more to it than that.Guest: Thomas Flight, media critic.Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all y ...  Show more

The Trump administration has sued to potentially block certification of a Senate race in Alaska, threatened California election officials with jail time, and challenged the voter rolls in 30 states. They've lost almost all of those cases. So with a few days to go before the midte ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more

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. 

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 ...  Show more