The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

Overall, students didn’t benefit academically, psychologically or socially from the practice. Many disability advocates balked at the findings, published in December 2022, on social media. But a recent international analysis of all the available research on special education inclusion found inconsistent results.

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Research Education Advocacy Psychology 139

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2024

It’s designed for neurodivergent students or those who want to work in fields such as social work, special education or psychology. The number of colleges where at least 5 percent of students report having a disability has risen from 510 in 2008 to 1,276 in 2022, according to data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

K-12 138

K-12 Leadership Psychology Advocacy 138

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

He briefly considered a career in law, but settled on psychology after working in an inpatient clinic for children and adolescents after college. He’s worked in several settings since starting his program in clinical and school psychology in 2020, and found interest in them all. But it kept pulling me back.”

Psychology 120

Psychology K-12 High School Economics 120

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A cross-section of a brain scan sits on the desk of Tim Odegard, a professor of psychology at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. In the fall of 2022, his senior year, the teenager finally got a dyslexia diagnosis, but by then it was far too late to give him the help he had long craved.

Psychology 145

Psychology Elementary School High School Public School 145

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As world leaders return home from the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference ( COP27 ), an annual international climate meeting that was held in Egypt this year, they have many action items to attend to. There is a coalition of children's rights and children's advocacy groups that has been at COP, led by UNICEF.

Psychology 106

Psychology Advocacy Humanities Education 106

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Isolating people in solitary confinement often enables other (unsanctioned but nonetheless ubiquitous) abusive practices, including many forms of physical, psychological, and sexual violence. Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations. prisons and jails.

Anthropology 104

Anthropology Civics Humanities Advocacy 104

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2023

In fall 2022, after two teachers finally signed on, the group received permission to start the club on campus. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report Following Meryl’s death, Ketron decided to continue her daughter’s advocacy. Much of that happened because of one parent, Rachelle Ketron.

Library 143

Library Advocacy High School Psychology 143