I spent part of my Saturday evening working on the Math lesson plan for my 6th grade class. Yes, yes…I know I said I wouldn’t do any work on the weekends, but school life happens! These past 2 weeks have zoomed by and, although I…
Tag: Special Education
In Defense of Summer Work Packets
I wanted to write this post during the last week of school, but I’ll be completely honest: I was too tired. Once school officially ended, I kept telling myself “Tomorrow”. Again: I didn’t get around to it. Then, last week, one of those #edugurus tweeted…
In Response to the Effect of School Segregation on the Proportion of Black Students in Special Education
Shortly after I returned home from school, I noticed that my good friend @ShanaVWhite tagged me in a post shared by @PedroANoguera. Upon opening the tweet, I immediately got a sinking feeling in my stomach. I thought: Not this again? By ‘this’ I mean the…
State-by-State Special Education Contact List
What kind of Special Education Teacher would I be if I did not have the patience of someone striving Job lie Job?? When I say my patience has been tested with getting this list completed and ‘live’, please believe me! I tried sharing it first…
IEP Accommodations: What so many get wrong
Special Education and IEP accommodations for students with disabilities are a recurring topic in several online teacher groups. Most recently, a teacher posted a list of ‘problems’ plaguing classroom teachers, with one being ‘too many IEPs and accommodations’. My response was short and simple: “Too many…