News & Articles
The Blind Educator
This is the newsletter of the National Organization of Blind Educators. The articles in this newsletter are written by people who are blind. Blind people can teach. In fact, this newsletter captures a glimpse of the range of subjects and grade levels in which blind people are engaged. If you are interested in writing an article for the newsletter, please contact Sheila Koenig. You'll need Adobe Reader in order to view The Blind Educator. Click here to download Adobe Reader for free.
Issues: June 2002 | September 2004
Other News Articles
Cayte Mendez is a Kindergarten teacher in the Bronx. Here is the transcript of a feature story Good Morning America did on Cayte in the Fall of 2006:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=2392036&page=1
Melissa Williamson taught zz. Here is a reprinted article from the Birmingham News:
http://www.nfb.org/legacy/bm/bm92/brlm9211.htm#4
Steve Sloan is a Gym teacher in East Harlem. Here is the feature that NBC Nightly News did about Steve in January 2006:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10533054/
Angela Wolf is currently an elementary teacher in Austin, TX. Here is a feature story the University of Texas at Austin did about her journey to become a teacher:
http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/wolf/index.html