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Education

National Teacher Appreciation Week

Whether from school or from home, the teachers of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® ensure that meaningful opportunities are present for students of all abilities in and out of the classroom.
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Teacher Appreciation Day

Whether from school or from home, the teachers of Special Olympics Unified Champion Schools® ensure that meaningful opportunities are present for students of all abilities in and out of the classroom.

Celebrating Inclusive Schools with Hasbro and Special Olympics

Hasbro and Special Olympics Partner for Unified Schools Programming
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Defending Evidence-Based Social and Emotional Learning

Timothy Shriver and Roger P. Weissberg defend Social and Emotional Learning in an article published by the education journal Phi Delta Kappan.
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Tanner’s Moment

When Tanner first joined Special Olympics Unified Sports® at Fife High School, his perceptions of what it would be were wrong. But so were Fife’s perceptions of Tanner.
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We Matter, Too

As a unified generation, let us stand together and declare that all people matter.
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Texas A&M University to Open 4-year Residential College Program for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Texas A&M University will open Aggie ACHIEVE program this fall where young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Aggie ACHIEVE is an inclusive, certificate-based, four-year education program.
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Unified Robotics Brings Together Hundreds of Students

The Special Olympics Unified Robotics competition, held in Seattle, Washington on November 18th, encourages students with special needs who are interested in engineering to display their talents while continually emphasizing inclusion and awareness in STEM.
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