Special Education Today newsletter 4(26)
The week’s news and info for the week of 25 November 2024
Welcome to the 26th newsletter for the fourth year of Special Education Today. For the week ending 22 December 2025 it was kinda quiet. For that reason and because I am not well (fortunately it’s just a minor upper respiratory problem), this will be a pretty wimpy edition. Sigh.
The following issue is comprised of only some of the usual parts including photos, notes about the status of SET, a list of posts that appeared during the covered week, and some commentary.
Photos
Here’s a photo with a different view of the Rivanna Trail that runs by our house. This one is something of a companion to those that I published a few weeks ago. In this view, I am looking east; the little bridge some reader may remember from the previous photos is just around the bend. The old trail goes off to the right here, where to trail marker points and runs along the stream banks.
Flashes of the electrons
I shan’t add anything to this section this week. I’m too tired! Just in case it’s helpful, though, here’s a link to share this post! I’m so tired that I’m not even going to add notes about this issue of the newsletter to the SET Facebook and Twitter feeds. Y’all are welcome to do so, of course!
This week’s posts
Okay, I posted six notes on SET proper since the last newsletter.1 That’s down a bit from previous weeks. And, there are likely to be few this coming week, too, as we go into the holiday season.
Oh, and right! Happy Hannukah, Kwanza, Christmas, or whatever holiday one celebrates around the time of the winter solstice. Woohoo!
Special Education Today newsletter 4(25): What happened with SET during the week of 9 December 2024?
Jan Hasbrouck on fluency and more with Zach Groshell: What can one learn about improving literacy from this installment in the series of DI podcasts?
Protest at Maryland Cracker Barrel: What did a local TV news team report happened at the protest about not serving kids with disabilities?
J. Heumann on disability as a matter of diplomacy: Shouldn't we care about how governments interact about disability issues?
Former student charges that her school neglected her reading problems, caused her behaviors problems: What is in Ortiz v Hartford Bd of Ed, et al. suit?
I’m glad that you are not likely to choke on the content this past week. Go back and read them at your leisure. If you’re a standard subscriber, you can ensure that you can read them later by becoming a paid subscriber.
Commentary
I’m skipping the commentary this week. I hope that helps you to have more free time and opportunities to hang with your families this coming week. As usual, thanks for reading the newsletter. Thanks, especially to those of you who make a financial contribution to the SET endeavor. And, hugs to Mike, Li-Yu, and Kathy and for their super support.
I encourage every one to do things that will help ensure that you healthy, safe, and happy and that you continue to read SET. Take care of your health, take care of those around you, and be sure to teach your children well.
Love and peace,
JohnL
SET Editor guy
Once-upon-a-time teacher and researcher
Charlottesville
SET should not be confused with a product with the same name that is published by the Council for Exceptional Children. SET predated CEC’s publication by decades (see “Lovitt’s Lines” for examples from those days). Despite my appreciation for CEC, this product is not designed to promote that organization. I’m not selling anything here other than what you read in the posts.
Hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas and that you are feeling better soon!