Special Education TODAY
The Council for Exceptional Children Names Douglas Middle School Teacher 2024 Special Educator Rising Star
Tori Nielsen, a special education teacher at Douglas Middle School in South Dakota, was named the recipient of the 2024 Rising Star Special Educator of the Year Award from the Council for Exceptional...
Read more >CEC Leads Meetings on Capitol Hill to Discuss IDEA Funding
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As a co-chair of the IDEA Full Funding Coalition, CEC and partner co-chairs, the National Center for Learning Disabilities and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, organized and led nearly a...
Read more >President Biden Issues Teacher Proclamation
President Biden proclaimed May 7, 2024, as National Teacher Appreciation Day and May 6 through May 10, 2024, as National Teacher Appreciation Week. In his proclamation, the President emphasized the...
Read more >Happy Teacher Appreciation Week 2024
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! We want to extend an enormous thank you to all teachers and educators, especially those in special education. Day in and day out, teachers show up and make a...
Read more >Honoring and Expressing Intersectionality Through the Visual and Performing Arts
CEC Interdivisional Video Podcast Series on Critical Global Conversations: Supporting Youth, Families, & Educators in Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Practices Presents “Honoring and Expressing...
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