WISH-TV celebrates extraordinary teachers in central Indiana with the WISH-TV Golden Apple Award. It comes with a trophy, a school supply shopping spree to Teachers’ Treasures, and a surprise visit from the News 8 team. January’s winner is Mrs. Audrey Lash from New Britton Elementary School. She’s a Hamilton Southeastern first-grade teacher who helps her students and peers think in new ways. She also specializes in getting students to reach their highest potential
FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) WISH-TV celebrates extraordinary teachers in central Indiana with the WISH-TV Golden Apple Award. It comes with a trophy, a school supply shopping spree to Teachers’ Treasures, and a surprise visit from the News 8 team. January’s winner will be announced on WISH-TV Daybreak on Friday morning! This month’s winner helps students and her peers think in new ways. She's a Hamilton Southeastern first-grade teacher and specializes in getting students to reach their highest potential.
The U.S. Department of Educationâs Office of Civil Rights is investigating the Indiana Department of Education over what it called, in a letter sent Tuesday to Education Secretary Katie Jenner, âdisturbing reportsâ that the state denied students with disabilities equal access to education during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under federal law, schools are required to provide a âfree appropriate public educationâ to each qualified student with a disability.
In its letter, OCR said it was concerned that Indiana had failed to do so and was âparticularly troubledâ by reports that parents of disabled students in Indiana schools have filed multiple complaints with IDOE alleging that students were forced by local school districts into âone size fits allâ remote learning programs, instead of individualized programs designed to meet the need laid out in their Individualized Education Plans or 504 Plans. Qualifying students with disabilities are guarante