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After retiring from KCPS, Lanny Lewis joined Grain Valley School District teaching math and science courses in the resource and co-teaching classrooms at the high school level. He loves working with kids and supporting them in academics and personal growth...

After retiring in 2015 from Pinellas County Schools (FL) as a teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities for more than a quarter of a century, I found myself totally bored and driving my husband crazy. I returned to education focusing...

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced the first-ever Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants with awards totaling over $18M. The program, “[N]amed for Augustus F. Hawkins, the first Black politician elected to the U.S...

I have to say that being awarded the 2016 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Teacher of the Year was one of the most rewarding experiences of my career. I was selected as the CEC Teacher of the Year in January. In May 2016, I was invited to the “The...

Most math materials suffer from the same problem—readability—which is problematic for students with learning disabilities. Here's how we developed word problems that are more accessible without sacrificing the math.

FutureED has begun to analyze the use of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) funds, authorized through three stimulus bills related to COVID-19. Starting with California, which received the largest share of funds, FutureED...

The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has published its report to the President and the Secretary of Education for the fiscal year 2022. In FY 2022, OCR processed a massive increase in complaints, totaling 18,804. 32% were...

I love teaching! I love helping students find the best way they can learn and go with it. I encourage all types of learning. I have empathy for my mild/moderate students because I was once one of them. I received special education services in Elementary...

On May 1, 2023, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is convening a group of national school mental health experts to identify collaborative approaches to building sustainable systems of school mental health supports across the nation. The leaders...

This week, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), a non-profit specializing in social and emotional learning (SEL), published a report sharing insights from their Collaborating Districts Initiative (CDI) on sustaining SEL...