by Jennifer Childress | May 4, 2017 | Author Articles
Miriam Freedman, the author of Special Education 2.0, will speak tomorrow at the Fordham Institute in Washington DC in conversation with Chester E Finn, Jr., Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, about her new book and special education reform in the US....
by Jennifer Childress | Apr 26, 2017 | Author Articles
When Robert Rico began his career as a police officer in Boerne, Texas, he took a traditional approach to his job. “I thought my job was to [maintain the law] and put people in jail if they committed a crime and that was the end of it,” he said. But as he transitioned...
by Jennifer Childress | Apr 19, 2017 | Author Articles
Miriam Freedman, a special education expert and the author of several resources published by Legal Digest and Ed311, calls the recent Supreme Court ruling on IDEA “both reasonable and workable” for parents and schools, in an article on education blogger Joanne Jacobs’...
by Jennifer Childress | Mar 29, 2017 | Author Articles
Kevin Curtis is a firm believer that there is one thing that separates good educators from great educators, a “secret sauce” so to speak. “It’s relationships,” said Curtis, a former football coach and assistant principal, who is now the Founder and Lead Trainer at...
by Jennifer Childress | Mar 9, 2017 | Author Articles
As a minister and lay counselor of women throughout the Austin community for over 20 years, Eloise Sepeda is always on the clock. As such, she relies on certain ingrained values and skill sets to do her work. She says her first ministry is her husband and family, then...
by Jennifer Childress | Mar 1, 2017 | Author Articles, Ed311
Co-author of Restorative Discipline Practices and special education teacher talks about classroom benefits of practice As a middle school special education teacher, Jennifer Karydas is no stranger to navigating complex classroom dynamics. But while her university...
