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Special Education, Inc.
When Audax Group's private equity arm bought a chain of schools specializing in autistic students, …
Meghan Morris
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Private equity is getting into the special-education business. It's not all going smoothly.
A private-equity firm took over a chain of special-education-focused private schools. An investigat…
Katie Notopoulos
6 mins read
I started working with students with disabilities after struggling to land a job post grad school. It's so rewarding and never something I imagined doing.
Paraprofessional Bethany Clark helps students with tests and notetaking and offers emotional suppor…
Bethany Clarke
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The hottest trend in education actually started in special-ed classrooms 40 years ago
Another study, this one conducted by a personalized literacy platform called Newsela, looked at kid…
Chris Weller
5 mins read
There's a shortage of special-ed teachers in the US. Advocates say the system isn't set up to support disabled educators when schools need them most.
Cole Sorenson said he was burned out in university after being forced out of the special-ed track a…
John Loeppky
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One of Betsy DeVos' favorite programs makes special-needs kids give up federal benefits
In Wisconsin, for example, these vouchers cost public school districts $2.4 million in state aid. T…
Chris Weller
1 min read
Goldman Sachs helped pay for 600 kids to get pre-K education ? and it could be a model for social funding
The funding method is part of a growing global trend known as social impact bonds: a kind of loan i…
Lucinda Shen
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I'm a special education teacher who can make up to $1,000 a month making jewelry and crafts as a side hustle
It started small. I sold my designs to friends and family. Somebody would see a wreath I made and s…
Rasha Aly
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Trump administration proposes to end all government funding for the Special Olympics, arguing that private philanthropy will pick up the bill
The Special Olympics gets 12% of its funding ($17.6 million in 2017) from the government, according…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
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Education is more ripe for disruption than nearly any other industry, says NYU professor Scott Galloway: 'Harvard is now a $50,000 streaming platform'
The pandemic, Galloway told Insider, has "pulled back the curtain on the game or the ruse that is h…
Tim Levin
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Education disrupted: Insider's virtual event features Scott Galloway, Laurie Santos, Tim Shriver and more, on how to make education better, more equitable, and more accessible
Education systems are facing enormous pressures and change as individuals struggle to pay student l…
Business Insider
3 mins read
I teach wealthy kids with special needs. Money can't solve everything, but it can give them the education they need.
Travel tutor Nathaniel Hannan spent the pandemic with one family shooting a film across countries. …
Lian Kit Wee
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Thinkers/Thinkers 50: 3 big ideas that will reform India's ailing higher education system
‘Problems of quality, access, and skewed demand-supply
within higher education in India, are all to…
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Our school district says my son needs to go to another school because of his cerebral palsy. I'm fighting so he can get the education he needs.
Kayden is 6 and requires a wheelchair to move around. His school district recommended he be sent to…
Melissa Petro
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Applying for an education loan? Here’s what you need to know
Educational loans are highly sought after by students aspiring to pursue their higher studies. Ban…
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Los Angeles Unified School District workers strike for higher wages: 'You could make way more working at Costco or Panda Express'
Classes were canceled on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, leaving half a million students out of s…
Erin Snodgrass
1 min read
APPLY TODAY: Startups, not-for-profits, and educational organizations get a special offer to attend IGNITION 2018
You'll hear from a speaker lineup featuring tech executives, media all-stars, and industry transfor…
Business Insider
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Virginia's GOP governor shut down a hotline that parents could use to report 'critical race theory' complaints because not enough people were sending in tips anymore
Concerns about CRT — which had been a flashpoint in the election that Republican Glenn Youngkin won…