Maryland faces “vicious” special education teacher shortage cycle

by Susanti Sarkar | Mar 17, 2023 | Education

Missy Dirks, the president of the Frederick County Teacher Association, has seen her peers stressed, overworked and disheartened. The increasing workloads and the sudden switch to virtual education during the pandemic have made an already difficult job even harder for...

Will D.C.’s cherry blossoms survive climate change?

by Susanti Sarkar | Mar 16, 2023 | Environment

Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms are expected to reach peak bloom two weeks earlier than the historic average this year. Is this a sign of climate change? Susanti Sarkar and Emma Ricketts spoke to experts in climate science and phenology about why direct attributions...

Special education faces ‘crisis-level shortages’ of teachers, experts say

by Susanti Sarkar | Feb 11, 2023 | Education

Betsy Kling was faced with a desk full of papers. There were stacks of documents — at least 20 to 40 pages per student. And because there were not enough teachers to match the students’ individual special education needs, the work kept piling up with no end in...

Supreme Court mulls questions about students’ accessibility rights

by Susanti Sarkar | Jan 21, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Miguel Perez, a 23-year-old deaf student from Michigan, petitioned the Supreme Court today to decide if he was entitled to financial compensation for Perez’s lack of proper accessibility support in his public school. The case brings to light...