Resource Library
ED Announces Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence Program
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
17 February, 2023
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...
ABC or 123? How Reading Can Get in the Way of Math Achievement and What to Do About It
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
14 February, 2022
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 Analyzes Expenditures of Stimulus Dollars
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
16 June, 2023
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...
OCR Publishes Annual Review of Services
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
5 May, 2023
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...
The Administrator’s Leadership Set
Content type: Book
Buy Together and SAVE! The Administrator’s Leadership Set provides valuable resources from the field of special education to inform and support administrative oversight of special educators, general educators, support staff—and the education of students...
U-STARS~PLUS Family Science Packets
Content type: Book
The Family Science Packets are organized around key science concepts that are aligned with the National Science Education Standards and are composed of two major sections: Teacher Notes and Family Science Activity. Each activity identifies processing...
“Mental Health in Schools” is Topic of National Summit
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
27 April, 2023
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...
U-STARS~PLUS Science Set
Content type: Book
CEC’s U-STARS~PLUS series has everything you need to bring science to life in your K-3 classroom, through the power of storytelling: Science and Literature Connections (32 lesson plans) Science & Nonfiction Connections (32 lesson plans) Family Science...
New Report Shares Best Practices for Sustaining Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
12 November, 2021
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...
Preparing Students for the Real World with LCE
Content type: SET Blog
Posted:
7 May, 2020
As educators, one of your most important goals is to prepare students to become fully participating members of their communities. Here's how educators around the world are using CEC's Life Centered Education (LCE) transition curriculum to support their...