Posts in Special Education
Ask a Self-Advocate: The Similarity Between Racism and Ableism
Ask a Self-Advocate, Autism, Racial Equity in Education, Special Education, School Discipline ReformJevon OkundayeSchool-to-Prison Pipeline, Self-Advocacy, Transition, Young Adult Leaders Fellowship, Mental Health, Race & Disability
High priority students return to Boston classrooms: Kevin Murray in The Daily Free Press
Testimony on Barriers to Vocational-Technical School Admissions
Digital Segregation: Education in the Era of Coronavirus
Parents and advocates express concern over thousands of backlogged BPS special education assessments
Families Of Students With Special Needs Walk A Tightrope Between Safety, Falling Behind In Remote Learning: Kevin Murray and Liza Hirsch in GBH
Police need to be removed from our schools: Liza Hirsch in CommonWealth Magazine
Autism, CLSP, Racial Equity in Education, School Discipline Reform, Special Education, Trauma and LearningLiza HirschHeadlines, Legislation, Proyecto Acceso a la Educación Especial, School-to-Prison Pipeline, Mental Health
Remote learning brings challenges for BPS students: Kevin Murray in The Daily Free Press
A District Changes Course On Special Education, But Leaves Parents And Teachers Frustrated: Diana Santiago in WBUR
A Call to Break the Cycle: Jacob Blake
Massachusetts private schools see uptick in interest following plans for public schools to go remote: Kevin Murray in MassLive
Back to school plans, remote learning create challenges for special needs families: Kevin Murray in Patriot Ledger
Unease over Massachusetts special education as classes set to start amid COVID-19: Diana Santiago, Salima Slimane, and Liza Hirsch on Channel 5 Investigates
Extra considerations as students with special needs return to school: Leslie Lockhart on Boston 25 News
More critical now than ever for schools to build connections with families: Kevin Murray in the Boston Globe
Your child’s a no-show at virtual school? You may get a call from the state’s foster care agency: Mike Gregory quoted in Boston Globe
Schools in districts at high risk of coronavirus to welcome 8,600 special education students back to classrooms: Kevin Murray in Boston Herald
Police Brutality’s Relationship with Disability and Race
Our Commitment to Racial Equity
Trauma and Learning, Autism, CLSP, Racial Equity in Education, School Discipline Reform, Special EducationMassachusetts Advocates for ChildrenImmigrant Families, Proyecto Acceso a la Educación Especial, School-to-Prison Pipeline, COVID-19, Mental Health, Language Access, Race & Disability
Disability and COVID-19: Depression in a Pandemic