Disability advocate and Syracuse University School of Education doctoral student Sara Jo Soldovieri ’18, G’19, has contributed to a new, award-winning documentary that follows a couple’s journey as they look to secure inclusive education for their disabled son. Forget Me Not: Inclusion in the Classroom (Cinema Libre Studio) is directed by Olivier Bernier. He turns […]
From bus drivers to care workers, Arizona schools struggle to find staff. Sometimes, parents fill the gaps (Arizona Central | Oct. 20, 2022) Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kyrene School District rarely had a waiting list for after-school childcare. Now? Amidst a staffing shortage and an increasing interest in the program, the waiting list is […]
The Lawrence B. Taishoff Center for Inclusive Higher Education—part of the Syracuse University School of Education Center on Disability and Inclusion—will host the State of the Art (SOTA) Conference on Inclusive Postsecondary Education and Individuals with Intellectual Disability at Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel, Oct. 18-20, 2022. A national conference—chaired by Taishoff Center Director Beth Myers—SOTA […]
Music educator Evan Wichman ’12 left his first school teaching role having designed a choral program from scratch and established a competitive a cappella group. But when asked how much his life resembles the TV show Glee, he laughs. “Well, we didn’t sing ‘Blurred Lines,’ and we didn’t do a student production of Rocky Horror […]
The world is currently grappling with two global crises: climate breakdown and democratic backsliding. During Syracuse University School of Education’s 2022 Ganders Lecture, two environmental experts will explore the links between them and ask what kind of educational projects can both promote environmental sustainability and halt the rise of authoritarianism. “Grasping at the Roots of […]
Rexy Vachereau graduated summa cum laude in 2019 with a B.S. in Inclusive Early Childhood Special Education, with a minor in Political Science and in 2020 took a master’s degree in Literacy Education (Birth to Grade 12). As an undergraduate, Vachereau was a peer mentor for InclusiveU program; a Direct Support Professional for the Kelberman […]
The ink was barely dry on her master’s degree diploma when Emily Liu G’22 began prepping her new classroom at Bernice M. Wright School, an early childhood education program on the Syracuse University campus. Having graduated only a couple of weeks earlier, in August 2022, with a master’s in early childhood special education, Liu is […]
Julia White, School of Education Associate Professor and Director of the Atrocity Studies and the Practices of Social Justice minor program, has been awarded a Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Faculty Fellows grant for the 2023-2024 academic year. Also receiving an award is LaVerne Gray, Assistant Professor in the School of Information […]
As reported by LocalSyr.com (Sept. 26, 2022), East-Syracuse Minor, Solvay, Corcoran, and Henninger high schools in the Syracuse area experienced a spate of racial threats of violence across September 25 and 26. School of Education alumna and member of The Study Council, Donna DeSiato G’04, Superintendent of East Syracuse-Minoa Central School District, spoke to LocalSyr.com […]
The Breedlove Readers, a teen book club run by Courtney Mauldin, Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership, is getting ready to welcome its fourth cohort of middle and high school Black girls who are fans of young adult fiction. The deadline to sign up for the Fall 2022 series is Sept. 29, 2022. The club meets […]
Roxi Nurse McNabb was a point guard for the Syracuse Orange women’s basketball team, a Most Valuable Player, 1997 Athlete of the Year, and a three-time Big East Academic All-Star. She still ranks among Syracuse’s all-time top 10 in career steals (fourth) and assists (fifth). Nurse McNabb holds a B.S. in Physical Education from the […]
As limits to women’s reproductive rights swirl in the national news, one researcher at Syracuse University is engaged in a groundbreaking nationwide study on the reproductive health experiences of Deaf and hard of hearing women. Corrine Occhino, assistant professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) with […]
The Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program—part of the School of Education’s Center for Academic Achievement and Student Development—has been awarded $1.4 million in US Department of Education funding for the 2022-2027 academic and fiscal years. The McNair Scholars Program at Syracuse University, as it is known, prepares high-achieving undergraduate students for graduate […]
An Onondaga County high school is cracking down on cell phones. Will it last? (syracuse.com | Sept. 7, 2022) Cam Aitchison, who will be a sophomore at Liverpool High School this fall, said he’s always kept his cell phone in his pants pocket while in class. Starting Thursday, new school rules mean that in the […]
(Creative Spirit | Sept. 8, 2022) Education is a fundamental right, not a privilege, and no one should be left behind, especially not the millions of young adults with disabilities, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Students with disabilities who have received equal opportunities and an inclusive, accommodated education will be better equipped for fair-wage […]
Pandemic learning loss recovery will require addressing all student needs, not just academics (WAER | Sept. 6, 2022) A recent federal study reports that math and reading scores for 9-year-olds took a big hit during the pandemic. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, reading scores saw their highest decrease in 30 years, and math scores had […]