Emerging America is developing Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum with support from a Library of Congress’ Teaching with Primary Sources grant and an Expand Massachusetts Stories grant…
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Unanimous Supreme Court Expands Scope of Special Education Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major decision expanding the scope of students’ special education rights, ruling unanimously that schools must do more than provide a “merely more…
Teach Disability History: We Can and We Must
…Cairn, Emerging America – lead author Reform to Equal Rights: K-12 Disability History Curriculum Click the following link for more information on “Reform to Equal Rights – Disability History Curriculum….
Heath, Mohawk reach agreement on school closure
…According to Thurber, the regional district amendment that town meeting voters will act on is in the hands of attorneys for both Heath and the Mohawk district. Thurber said the…
Gill-Montague to talk, hold forums on racial issues
TURNERS FALLS — Besides the plan to hold upcoming forums, Superintendent Michael Sullivan said Gill-Montague district schools are addressing civil rights harassment violations by implementing several improvements, including teaching divserity…
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Regina Tate
Gini Tate has been practicing law since 1978. Her practice in the area of education covers a spectrum of issues including student discipline, special education, Education Reform, due process rights…
Emerging America shares stories of advocacy
…and the Civil Rights movement. “We wanted teachers to facilitate inquiry using primary sources as a fundamentally different way of teaching, not just through lecture and reading, and began leading…
Teaching Disability History: How the Civil War Changed Disability and American Government
Join us for the release of an exciting new curriculum: Reform to Equal Rights! A Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant supported Emerging America to create a free…
Grant Will Boost College’s Efforts To Teach Disability History in Rural Communities
Keene State College has been awarded a nearly $100,000 Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant for a project to advance teaching disability history in rural communities. The…