Jan 31, 2019, WISH TV, Indianapolis, IN: School on Wheels selects 'Education Champion of the Year' https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/school-on-wheels-selects-education-champion-of-the-year-/1742047968 It's called the "Education Champion of the Year" and in 2018, it went to a person whose work is going way beyond academics. Megan Thomas is a Social Worker at Cold Spring School in Indianapolis. As the Education Champion Award winner, she was selected by the School on Wheels panel of judges School on Wheels granted Thomas a $1,000 to use towards a project or program that will help their students. She invested her award money into a sensory room. It's a room built to help kids with high energy and behavior issues work through their issues while getting them one-on-one attention. This is her way of keeping them out of trouble and on track in the classroom….
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.