TIME Innovative Teacher Helps Students with Disabilities Tap Their Superpowers

Photo credit:  Aleksandar Nakic / Getty Images. Article by Rebecca Torchia. EdTech – August 9, 2022.

When Joann Blumenfeld, an educator with the Wake County Public School System, looks at her students, she doesn’t see disabilities — she sees superpowers. “We need to flip the mindset that these kids have disabilities,” says Blumenfeld, a special education teacher and founder of Catalyst, a STEM program for high school students with disabilities. “They have different superpowers.” Blumenfeld was recognized as a TIME Innovative Teacher of the Year […]

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