Districts and special education departments all over the country are talking about Endrew F. versus Douglas County School District, the...

To grade or not to grade in the inclusive classroom.

When is the last time you remember navigating to a new place in your car without the aid of a global positioning system? Since the advent...

Before becoming the mother of three children with very different disabilities, I was a special educator.

Person first language is an important ethical matter often discussed in the field of special education and disability advocacy.

Adapted from Jung, L. A. (2017). In providing supports for students, language matters. Educational Leadership, 74(7). The adaptations...

There’s a very real and very serious barrier to the inclusion of people with significant physical and/or cognitive disabilities that no one

I recently read a compelling blog post by Peter DeWitt and Thomas Guskey (2017) on the misuse of educational language. They boldly took...

Scholars in the field of measurement have developed sophisticated procedures for competency and standards-based grading with a variety of...

If we know what makes a measurable goal and can define many examples, then why not have a bank of goals from which teams choose? After...

Repeat after me: Retention is not an intervention. Retention is not an intervention. Retention is NOT an intervention! Although this...

Inclusion is often thought of as a location—we are implementing inclusion if students are spending all or almost all of their days in...

In academia, researchers are often measured by the impact factor they achieve. The impact factor is calculated, largely through a formula...

We all know that feedback we give to our students should give them direction. A grade gives them an idea of their location toward a...

You may have read in the news lately about the struggles that one district is encountering with SBG. Parents have formed a group, anxious...

Published by Corwin Press at Corwin Connect. Perhaps because of being raised in Selma, Alabama in the 1970s and 80s, race and racism are...

After posting my last blog entry, Ken O’Connor asked me a great question. He wondered why I was giving scores on assignments instead of...

One question we often hear from teachers is, “How do I make the move to standards-based grading, or at least go in that direction, if my...

Yesterday, I was compelled for the first time to start a blog. This is my first attempt, so be gentle. As an academician, I have to admit...