special education

Bensonhurst

Same Classroom, Different Salaries: Special Education Pre-K Teachers Earn Dramatically Less than Their General Education Co-teachers

Classroom 12 at HeartShare Taranto in Brooklyn relies on a rotating mix of substitute teachers and other staffers ever since the special education teacher left for a higher-paying job at the education department. Christina Veiga/ChalkbeatOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/02/same-classroom-different-salaries-special-education-pre-k-teachers-earn-dramatically-less-than-than-their-general-education-co-teachers/?utm_

City Kid Corner

New ASD Nest & Horizon Application Clarifies Admissions Process

Finding the right school for any kid is tough, but toss special needs into the mix, and the task suddenly becomes ten times more difficult. For a select few, their zoned school is a perfect fit. For others, a specialized program that gives children both the academic and developmental supports

Candido Brown

Success Academy Fort Greene Is Among Charter Schools Allegedly Forcing Students Out

Photo courtesy of Del Scorcho [https://www.flickr.com/photos/delscorchosauce/136584515].The latest controversy to enter the discourse over New York City’s charter schools comes courtesy of the New York Times, which ran a story [http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/30/nyregion/at-a-success-academy-charter-school-singling-out-pupils-who-have-got-to-go.html?_r=2&

1825 bath ave

Preschools For Kids With Special Needs Are Losing Teachers To UPK Expansion

Photo courtesy of HeartShare ["http://www.heartshare.org/programs/early-childhood-services/photoessay.html] The city’s Universal Pre-Kindergarten expansion is having an unintentional consequence — it’s drawing away special education teachers from preschools run by community-based organizations (CBOs) serving children with special needs. HeartShare Human Services [http://www.heartshare.org/

Marco Lagerman

Local Preschooler Inspires #DoTheMarco Fundraiser

Photo via Teresa LagermanWith his twinkling eyes and impish grin, Marco Lagerman steals the heart of just about everyone he meets, but life hasn’t always been easy for the Windsor Terrace four-year-old, who was born with unilateral hearing loss. “There are different degrees of hearing loss,” Marco’s mother,

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Rush To Implement Special Ed Reform Leaves Some Students Behind, Says Report

A new, more inclusionary approach to educate NYC students with special needs is proving easier said than done, says a new report by Chalkbeat [http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2014/08/11/special-education-overhaul-leaves-students-less-isolated-but-schools-struggle-to-keep-up/#.U-pK4hayRFK] . The organization spoke to students, parents, and school officials and found that schools are struggling to implement

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Recchia Presents Special Needs Workshop Tomorrow

Tomorrow City Councilman Domenic Recchia, in conjunction with the United Federation of Teachers Special Education Department and the Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled, will host a workshop for parents of special needs children. The event will take place at P.S. 329 the Surfside School at 6 p.

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Forum On Special Education Today

Brooklyn Senator Marty Golden is hosting his 5th Annual special education forum and is inviting educators and parents of students in School Districts 20, 21 and 22, to attend today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Regina Pacis Center at 1258 65th Street in Brooklyn. In