Sandra Taylor might have viewed a new requirement laid on her by the federal government as a threat and a burden. Instead, she sees it as a recipe for respect. Along with other aides in the New ...

Starting this year, students who are enrolled in Orientation to Teaching II class will be offered a paraprofessional test, allowing them to be certified by the time they graduate high school. The ...

They used to be called teacher's assistants; now they are called paraeducators. Stamford has 341 of them, and they work with the neediest children in the school system. Paraeducators -- many are women ...

Today’s classroom has a new linchpin: paraeducators. Formerly known as “teacher assistants,” the role has expanded to help with growing class sizes, increased special education programs and students’ ...