IEP progress monitoring is the regular collection of data showing whether a student is moving toward their IEP goals. Since Endrew F. v. Douglas County (2017), an IEP must be reasonably calculated for progress appropriate to that child’s circumstances. Monitoring gives the team data to evaluate that progress and whether ...

A special education degree qualifies you to teach students with disabilities once you hold your state's license or endorsement. District roles like IEP case management, transition coordination, and instructional coaching often build on it, though requirements vary. Clinical work such as speech-language pathology or behavior analysis needs separate credentialing. Featured Programs: Sponsored ...

Real summer recovery means stepping back from anything school-related, not just leaving the building. That's the real list of things teachers should not do over summer break: work email, professional development, and education social media, plus school calls and school talk with family- all need real boundaries. The break only ...

A solid IEP annual review checklist covers three phases: gather current data and update the PLAAFP before the meeting, walk through goals and services with the team during it, and confirm signatures and next steps after. A second reviewer catching gaps in that paperwork before the meeting can help head ...

We need more teachers because openings keep appearing without the profession expanding. Projections Central expects elementary teaching employment to dip about 2% through 2034 alongside roughly 91,000 annual openings, which largely reflect replacement needs as workers transfer to other occupations or leave the labor force. This essay argues the real ...

Teacher fears run well past first-day nerves. In one teacher’s informal social-media thread, respondents named job loss, contract non-renewal, abuse from students and parents, medical episodes without breaks, and a retirement they can’t afford. Those replies are an unrepresentative sample, not a survey. This is her account of them. Featured Programs: Sponsored ...

Reframing negative language in the classroom means swapping phrases like "I can't do it" or "I don't want to" for growth-oriented ones like "I can't do it yet" or "I get to." The shift works with students and with parents in tough conferences. Four strategies do most of the work: ...

Failure can teach leaders lessons that success doesn't, especially when they reflect on what happened. After losing a superintendent bid, I came away with seven lessons: flip your perspective, find the win, model failure for students, learn about yourself, set up your future, have hard conversations, and pay it forward. Featured ...

The causes of behavior problems in the classroom are usually multiple and overlapping. Learning differences, mental health, academic frustration, peer conflict, the classroom environment itself, and circumstances at home can all interact in one student. No teacher can address every factor, but clear routines and explicitly taught expectations help. Featured Programs: Sponsored ...

Working conditions, including workload, autonomy, administrative support, and pay, are among the factors research links to teacher turnover. About 8% of public-school teachers left teaching between the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, according to NCES. Early-career teachers show relatively high turnover, particularly movement between schools. The fixes schools already know: ...