Edsurge

MAY 14, 2025

There was also a settlement with the Pasco County School District in Florida that had allegedly discriminated against students with disabilities using a predictive policing program that accessed student records.

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Disabilities Students Intelligence Accessibility 176

Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2025

Access to pediatric care can also be limited for families lin rural areas. Children enrolled in Head Start receive more access to comprehensive care, including annual physicals, trips to the dentist, disability testing and an overall focus on nutritional services. There are families that ask, Are you closing? Kennedy Jr.s

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

But opponents counter that they starve public schools of money and lower the quality of education in the country, also often pointing to the use of this system to evade school integration in Southern states after the 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.

Schools 107

Schools Disabilities Evaluation Essay 107

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2024

Today, I’m a doctoral candidate in the education leadership program at Rowan University, with a focus on students with disabilities. After engaging in a policy review and coding a set of policy documents from disability service offices at colleges and universities across the U.S., The most common reason is stigma.

Disabilities 211

Disabilities Students Counselling Exams 211

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

Like Jacob, many students with disabilities are forced to work extra, advocates argue. They have to learn just like other students, but they can also have to deal with assignments they can’t access and other digital hurdles. Department of Justice published its final rule for web and mobile accessibility. In April, the U.S.

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Accessibility Disabilities Local Government Schools 215

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 217

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2025

Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for those students — which they have the right to receive. The brief focuses on U.S.

Disabilities 134

Disabilities English Students Culture 134

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2023

As a school communications professional trained in digital accessibility, I’ve probably seen hundreds of newsletters like the one forwarded to me — and that’s a problem. A document like that can be completely unreadable for a parent or guardian with a disability.

Accessibility 213

Accessibility Disabilities Education Communication 213

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

College students with learning disabilities experienced a sudden rupture of the status quo this spring when most of their courses moved online. But in other instances, institutions seized the unusual opportunity to encourage professors to redesign courses to be more accessible to people with varied needs.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The report, STEM 2026 , pulls from the work of experts in science, technology, engineering and math, and the authors point out that current conditions do not ensure equal access to STEM teaching and learning. Next page: The 6 components of future STEM education.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2024

As educators, we understand that true learning happens when barriers are removed and diverse voices are amplified. Recently, we took the stage at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference to share our experiences designing accessible conferences and events.

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Accessibility Disabilities Language Languages 155

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S. It has disabled our education system, creating challenges to educational access, barriers to student academic progress and strains on teachers’ and students’ physical and emotional well-being.

Accessibility 218

Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I’m a special education teacher serving students in a self-contained class, and all of my students have moderate to severe learning disabilities including ADHD, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, specific learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. John no longer had access to a laptop.

Accessibility 174

Accessibility Essay Disabilities Learning Disabilities 174

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2018

But a common problem prevented that: some faculty have been slow to catch up with technological advances, and many wait until students ask for accomodations rather than having accessible materials from the start. “I It’s often up to faculty themselves to ensure all students can access their learning materials.

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Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Syllabus 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of software tools for students with sensory or learning disabilities. Speech synthesis in particular is benefiting from deep learning technologies, which are used to generate speech that sounds like a human voice.

Accessibility 166

Accessibility Disabilities Assistive Technology Learning Disabilities 166

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

Pete Just is the driving force behind a dizzying array of student-focused technology initiatives for both the state of Indiana and the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Wayne Township, where he is Chief Technology Officer. We needed a solution that would simplify access for our students and staff.

Accessibility 173

Accessibility Disabilities Textbooks Special Education 173

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2016

These tools and the content created with them must be accessible to all learners, including those who are hard of hearing and have vision impairments. Supporting students with disabilities is not only an important social justice issue, it is the law. Educators agree that all students deserve access to all instructional materials.

Accessibility 133

Accessibility Disabilities Instructors Learning 133

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2019

Among its main social-impact missions is to ensure that educational texts—print or digital—are accessible to every learner, regardless of impairment or disability. If we can push that accessibility work upstream to the publisher, all of a sudden that book is born accessible,” says Turner. “If

Accessibility 165

Accessibility Textbooks Disabilities Evaluation 165

eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Texthelp , a global leader in literacy and accessibility technology, today announced that they will acquire the Education Technology Division of Don Johnston Inc., a leading assistive technology and special education curriculum company based outside of Chicago, IL.

Assistive Technology 247

Assistive Technology Disabilities Special Education Learning Disabilities 247

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2018

Can proactive instructional design eliminate barriers to access for learners? Will artificial intelligence play a role in improving accessibility? On Tuesday, May 8 the #DLNchat community got together to discuss and debate: How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

Accessibility 128

Accessibility Disabilities Universal Design Syllabus 128

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2019

Nearly 200 colleges face federal civil rights investigations opened in 2019 about whether they are accessible and communicate effectively to people with disabilities. Among the newer aspects of these kinds of complaints is whether college social media communication meets accessibility standards.

Accessibility 129

Accessibility Disabilities Communication Special Education 129

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Unfortunately, across the board, educators have not been prepared to teach well with technology, let alone teach remotely with technology. In some teacher preparation programs, pre-service teachers are not provided with any opportunities to engage with technology in meaningful ways.

Teaching 218

Teaching Disabilities Evaluation Internet 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Thus, the latest shot across the bow might seem an obvious solution: Disable distracting apps while leaving texts and calls unrestricted. More recently, it’s added a feature that lets parents assign their children a list of chores that must be ticked off to unlock full access, which has proved quite popular, according to internal metrics.

Disabilities 129

Disabilities Schools Motivation Assignments 129

eSchool News

MAY 17, 2024

Given that today’s students are digital natives , it makes sense for schools to invest in modern educational technology such as interactive whiteboards. Of course, maintaining this smart technology can be a hefty investment. Admins and IT staff need access to the operating system to perform maintenance and management tasks.

Technology 287

Technology Instructors Quizzes Disabilities 287

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners.

Disabilities 186

Disabilities Universal Design Special Education English 186

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2025

And when did so many high school students start taking community college courses (and what does that mean for college access)? What challenges remain for this kind of program to live up to its potential as a lever of access and equity to college and careers, as one expert put it? Thanks for reading! What Brings Gen Z to the Library?

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Disabilities Instructors Teaching Methods Writing 184

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2020

households with school-aged children have access to the internet. A major sticking point is not the access gap, but provisions under three federal laws: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Disabilities 169

Disabilities Special Education Learning Distance Learning 169

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There is an inherent connection between equity, accessibility, and open educational resources (OER). OER stands for open educational resources; these are open resources with Creative Commons Licenses applied to them. Equity is the fair and just access to opportunities and resources for all. 2020; Miller). 2020; Miller).

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 98

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2023

It ensures that only authorized users have access to each school device. In turn, each device must be configured to run the required software and can access the needed content. As such, admins can access system settings and perform the necessary procedures. Users can launch applications and open, edit, and save documents.

Schools 246

Schools Disabilities Instructors Accessibility 246

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system. Educators across the country asked, How can we advocate for and access the resources we need to service our students now that these services must, by necessity, look and feel differently?

Disabilities 213

Disabilities Distance Learning Special Education Students 213

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

There is an inherent connection between equity, accessibility, and open educational resources (OER). OER stands for open educational resources; these are open resources with Creative Commons Licenses applied to them. Equity is the fair and just access to opportunities and resources for all. 2020; Miller). 2020; Miller).

Accessibility 95

Accessibility Exams Learning Peer Review 95

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2020

And as many parents, teachers and students take to virtual conferencing tools for the first time, they are zooming into a “digital Wild West” fraught with as many risks as rewards, says Eric Butash, director of education technology at Foster-Glocester Regional School District in Rhode Island.

Disabilities 218

Disabilities Internet Communication Participation 218

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

But before administrators and other educational leaders fully invest in the AI fever dream, it might be wise to slow down and first develop some guidelines around using AI in education–particularly for how to evaluate and apply this new, disruptive technology. Data privacy is very important in education.

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Education Plagiarism Failure Disabilities 315

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

The goal of inclusive education is to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or abilities, has an equal opportunity to learn and succeed. By designing instruction that meets the diverse needs of all learners, educators can help to create an environment that is welcoming and supportive for everyone.

Universal Design 211

Universal Design Disabilities Mobile Devices Students 211

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

As a result of Larkin’s innovations regarding district staff’s strategic collaboration, professional development and investment in evidence-based practice, students with disabilities made double-digit gains in reading and math on the NAEP assessments. Larkin holds a Master of Education degree from George Washington University.

Education 246

Education Special Education Disabilities Exams 246

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2022

But some advocates say that more-accessible tech platforms could be a key to changing that. The good news, according to Bell, is that college education and skills training—specifically the use of a white cane and braille—are associated with greater employment outcomes. The company, Clusive, Inc.,

Online Learning 186

Online Learning Disabilities Quizzes Learning 186

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

As trusted mentors and professional development leaders, they guide teachers in implementing AI tools thoughtfully, ensuring that technology enhances student learning while aligning with pedagogical best practices. However, perspectives on AIs overall impact on education varied.

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Coaching Ethics Academic Integrity Plagiarism 208