[ad_1] Carmen Gober never planned to homeschool. But during the last few days of this summer vacation, she was worried that her son, her AJ’s school, was severely understaffed. Five-year-old AJ has cerebral palsy and cannot speak. His school in northwest Indiana serves students with emotional and developmental disabilities. Many of his classmates use ...

[ad_1] If Emily Steele was a bird, she’d be a hummingbird. “You fly around and spread all your energy everywhere. And you kind of scatter everywhere,” Steele’s father-in-law, a bird lover, once said affectionately at a family dinner in Malo. I spoke to her with all my heart. Steele readily agrees that winged animals fit ...

[ad_1] More than half of Colorado counties lack a “co-responder” program in which a mental health professional joins law enforcement on police calls, including Clear Creek County where local officers shot and killed a 22-year-old man as he sat in his car.  The death of Christian Glass in the small mountain town of Silver Plume, ...

[ad_1] SOUTHINGTON — A Southington parental rights advocate said the town’s next school commissioner had been dissatisfied after a second-grade English teacher handed out vocabulary packets on “race, gender, equality, and inclusion” to students. I am preparing a protest ahead of the conference. An “Educate, Not Indoctrinate” rally, led by the group Families for Freedom, ...

[ad_1] The school and college lockdowns that accompanied the pandemic have centered the role of formal education in making friends and maintaining relationships in ways few could have imagined. Education-based friendships and other personal relationships (a form of social capital) help prepare young people to pursue opportunities and human prosperity. As young people return to ...

[ad_1] Game Night returns to the Dover Library Dover — The Dover Public Library will resume game night in the Lecture Hall on Wednesday, September 21 from 6-8pm. Games are provided, but players can also bring their own games to share. Available games include Carcassonne, Scrabble, Monopoly, Settlers of Catan, Uno, Forbidden Island, and Tyro. ...

[ad_1] Participants at Angels Harbor, a faith-based treatment facility in Vincent, participated in the 3rd Annual Recovery Walk to show support and raise awareness of recovery. (Photo by James Dobbs) Supporters, people in recovery and behavioral health providers gathered at East Muskingham Park on Saturday for the 3rd Annual Recovery Walk. ...

[ad_1] Supporters, people in recovery, and event organizers walk down Front Street on Saturday during the 3rd Annual Recovery Walk in Marietta. (Photo by James Dobbs) Supporters, recovering people and event organizers walk down Front Street on Saturday at the 3rd Annual Recovery Walk in Marietta. (Photo by James Dobbs) David ...