Mass firings at the U.S. Department of Education will severely compromise families' ability to ensure that the rights of their children with #disabilities are upheld, advocates warn. #discrimination #SpecialEducation disabilityscoop.com/2025/03/18/ed-…

WOW! Great opportunity for teachers, parents, and Ed advocates. Over 1.200 new members joined in the past two days! This is FREE, so take advantage of this Council for Exceptional Children and add TeachingLD as a division.

“We need to continue to collect and analyze [student achievement] data, since understanding patterns is key to finding policies that work... If we do not measure things, we tend not to focus on improving them. And improving schools should be a priority.”

Today is the last day for a free Council for Exceptional Children and TeachingLD membership! Share this with parents, teachers, and advocates to signup by midnight 😅

Thankful that Jill Barshay is staying on top of Department of Education updates.. Some helpful info in Jill’s reporting here in The Hechinger Report

After 2 mos of confusion, Secretary Linda McMahon just issued a press release confirming that the 2026 NAEP, The Nation's Report Card is on schedule and she called the exam "critical" tool for assessing student preparedness. However, I am told that severe cuts to the assessment operation still loom. (1/4)

If you think phonics is boring, then wait'll you hear about not being able to read.

👏 Some positive news for families of students with disabilities 👏 #Section504

The #SpecialEducation community is mourning the loss of an inspirational leader. We are deeply grateful for Lynn Fuchs' contributions to improving teaching and learning. She will be missed. specialeducationtoday.com/p/lynn-s-fuchs…

Researchers Stephen Ciullo et al. found that teachers tend to rely on students picking up writing strategies implicitly rather than emphasizing explicit instruction. Important finding. Link next 👇

🔔 Update from Jill Barshay The Hechinger Report about staff, contracts, and research at IES and the US Department of Education hechingerreport.org/proof-points-r…

From the Spring 2025 issue of EdNext: A Classroom Without Books Is Not Progress. bit.ly/4imOJpq

Thank you for sharing our research Zach Groshell We have more data we will publish soon on how explicit and incidental writing instruction relate to writing achievement based on a 3 year in over 75 elementary schools 👀 😮

Looking forward to reading this interview that Jill Barshay had with Peggy Carr about the National Center for Education Statistics 📖 The Hechinger Report ✏️

Join us in the beautiful city of Salt Lake City, Utah, for our 47th International Conference on Learning Disabilities! October 16-17, 2025 at the Salt Lake City Marriott City Center Registration is now open to attend the conference!

A parent’s guide to getting support for a child with dyslexia thebeaconnews.org/stories/2025/0…

On the news regarding Penny Schwinn: I’m deeply disappointed that Penny Schwinn won't be serving in the Trump's administration. She is a principled educator and a passionate champion for the science of reading, civic education, and parental empowerment. This is a setback for

We have a new episode of Sold a Story coming next week. We're looking at the Trump administration's cuts to education research - and what they mean for the science of reading. You can follow the show and sign up for alerts at our website. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/