Surviving the System: A new info source

Monday, March 19, 2012

A new info source

Not Link, a link to a website...

I received an email introducing me to Education News. Usually these types of emails are kind of spammy and introduce me to sites that I don't think are very relevant to my blog.

This site is actually very relevant and interesting. I enjoy online education discussions, but have found only a few sites where this happens. Inside Ed had been the primary place I went to discuss issues about Baltimore Education, but their paywall and new blog layout seems to have totally killed any commenting or discussions. Ed Week is another source, but I really feel like parents are not their audience so I don't go there that often.

Anyway, you might want to check it out, and on the right sidebar you'll see a link to the rss feed and the headline post.

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About this blog

This will be anonymous because schools can be pretty political, but hopefully constructive. My eldest child entered Kindergarten 16 years ago and I figure I've got another 4.5 years until my youngest finishes. By this fall between the three children we've been enrolled in eight different schools. There have been CST meetings, IEP meetings, PTO meetings, PTA meetings, fund raisers and vast quantities of homework. We are in public schools because we believe that justice starts with a decent free education for all and if I want decent public education being personally involved is the first step.

Glossary and Acronym List

Autism Spectrum - the spread of behaviors that define autistics. The primary areas are difficulties with communication, social interactions and change/lack of order. You can see the official diagnosis criteria here.
CST - Child Support Team, a group (including parents) that meets when a student is having difficulties
ESY - Extended School Year. In our experience, related to special needs kids who go to school over breaks because there will be significant regression in skills over the break if they weren't in a school setting.
FAPE - Free Appropriate Public Education. This is the right of every American child, but is usually a term about creating or finding a learning environment that works for a special needs student.
IEP - Individualized Education Plan. A written plan of goals and ways to achieve them. Typically for special needs students
PTO & PTA - Parent Teacher Organization & Association
SST - Student Support Team, I guess this is the new term that replaces CST