California College Wins ED Grant To Train Special Needs Teachers

The Highland (CA) Community News (1/6) reports that ED's Office of Special Education Programs has given the University of California, Riverside, a $1.2 million grant "to fund doctoral students to conduct research and prepare teachers for students with disabilities at Riverside and San Bernardino schools. Rollanda O'Connor, whose research focuses on reading development for children with disabilities, starts work this month on a five-year grant awarded by the US Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs." Doctoral students "will be able to pursue research on K-12 students with a range of disabilities or risk for developing disabilities, including learning disability, intellectual disability, autism and status as an English language learner."