Matt Burns receives his award from the Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education.
Matt Burns, a professor in the Department of Special Education, recently received the 2020 Recognition Award from the Missouri Council of Administrators of Special Education.
Burns is a professor of special education and director of the Center for Collaborative Solutions for Kids, Practice, and Policy (SKiPP). He works closely with schools to study and implement response-to-intervention models, intensive reading and math interventions, school-based teams and generally support students with and without disabilities whose needs are not being met.
Burns is part of a team who recently secured a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to help increase reading comprehension for struggling students.
