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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

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The director of education at the Learning Disabilities Association of America weighed in, as did the commissioner of special education research at the U.S. We are always working towards supporting peoples understanding of inclusion as a human right and not as an intervention or variable in a research study. Department of Education.

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Do-it-yourself mental health efforts by community college students

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The program, called the Mental Health Advocacy Institute, is run by a national nonprofit, Active Minds, which advocates for college students mental health. And research shows that even when students know they need help, they dont always seek it. When he enrolled again at 21, he was in a much better place.

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PROOF POINTS: New research review questions the evidence for special education inclusion

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A new research review finds inconsistent benefits for students with disabilities who learn alongside general education peers. But a recent international analysis of all the available research on special education inclusion found inconsistent results. Credit: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. For the past 25 years, U.S.

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Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program

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Until now, the work has been done by students of sociology and psychology and anthropology. Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two.

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Switching majors is adding time and tuition to the already high cost of college

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Eventually she declared a major in psychology and a minor in art. Nine out of 10 incoming freshmen think they’ll graduate with a bachelor’s degree in four years or less, according to an annual national survey conducted by a research institute at UCLA. years to earn a bachelor’s degree from a research university and 4.8

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Do Alternatives to Public School Have to Be Political?

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The COVID-19 pandemic drove a big increase in homeschooled students, according to Johns Hopkins University’s Homeschool Hub , a collection of homeschooling research and resources. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa. Value-Add There are other criticisms of public school, of course.

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Using vocational education to teach academic courses

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Kate Allender, of Tesla STEM High School, has designed a course integrating AP Psychology with a hands-on study of forensics. It’s not until the second-period bell rings, however, that you begin to see how different this is from a traditional psychology course. Photo: Amadou Diallo, for The Hechinger Report. REDMOND, Wash. —

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