Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

From Sprawl to Strategy When Executive Director, IT Services Eric Hileman joined Oklahoma City Public Schools in 2012, the IT department followed a lock and block mentality, limiting access to tech as a form of control. In 2022, the district created an Equity and Accessibility Committee with representation from departments across the system.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

residents who speak a language other than English at home. Ensuring access to language services benefits not only LEP parents and their children but also their teachers, classmates, and the district overall. It’s infinitely more challenging for the 1 in 5 U.S. Without one, a student may find it harder to learn in certain circumstances.

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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. STEM 2026 suggests ways to reverse such trends, providing examples of promising programs from around the country.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2022

More specifically, the studies reveal that students with disabilities , rural students , and English learners make academic gains at rates equal to or faster than their peers during the academic year but experience greater learning loss when they’re out of school in the summer. Different groups also need different things.

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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.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. Though my English learners were the initial reason I starting using closed-captioning on videos, I soon realized that students with special needs also benefited. Evaluating accessibility. I used closed-captioning with BrainPop Jr.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) renewed our national focus on the least-restrictive environment. We began providing accommodations through differentiated instruction and teachers figured out what to change or modify to accommodate “disabled” learners.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

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. Simultaneously, educators needed to identify what content students needed, how to organize it and how to help students access it.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Over the past two years, Engage IRL has been the catalyst for increasing access and opportunities for K-12 students to participate in clubs, sports, arts activities, and other community events. Partnering with Special Olympics also helped SPS build new unified sports programs that gave children with disabilities a chance to play.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

CogAT was specifically developed to be accessible to the broadest range of students and to ensure the greatest equity with valid and reliable results for identification and placement. . “We The ADE’s assessment choice supports the Department’s vision of promoting equity for all students to help them achieve their full potential.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Enhancing accessibility AI tools can make learning more inclusive. For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools support students with disabilities, while language models assist non-native English speakers. These discussions align with media literacy and digital citizenship goals.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

Is easily accessible at school or home. HearBuilder is used in Preschool and Elementary School, Response to Intervention (RTI), Title 1, English language learner, Head Start, and Homeschool settings. Includes monitoring of student progress so the supervising adults know exactly how the student is progressing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The lack of easily accessible information could be contributing to that complacency, said Morgan Polikoff, the study’s lead author and an education professor at the University of Southern California. “We Illinois and Indiana , in contrast, received high marks for overall usability but don’t make it easy enough to see change over time.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2023

Every single student deserves access to learning opportunities, especially those that address learning recovery. School districts that successfully apply to the program will receive a brief list of vetted and approved tutor providers, including FEV Tutor, as well as grant funds for implementing tutoring services.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their urban peers to get proper support in school, sometimes leading to a lifetime of lower educational attainment. But in rural DuBois County, Indiana, administrators are prioritizing English-learner education. From Advanced Placement U.S.

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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)? Two English professors have outlined a vision of restrained generative AI, and theyve built a software tool to test their idea for using technology to turn notes into prose. Thanks for reading!

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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. Learning Without Limits: Increasing Tech Accessibility in the K–12 Classroom. Learner Variability Is the Rule, Not the Exception.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

In early 2010, I began the search for the best amplification system to implement in the classrooms of Veterans Memorial Elementary School to improve learning for students with hearing loss and impairments, learning disabilities, and English Language learners.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2022

But as dual enrollment grows across the country, access to the option is not distributed equally, according to a new report produced by nearly two dozen higher ed researchers and experts, with funding from the Joyce Foundation. It’s even popular across the political spectrum.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

For teachers, this means providing equal access to educational experiences and ensuring that all students have the support and resources they need to succeed academically, socially and emotionally. For Mulcahy, UDL means “making sure that all of the students have an accessible way to learn.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. Lack of Access to Physics and Chemistry Teachers have stated that we need “Rocks for Jocks” and want to lower the science requirements for high school graduation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The divide in access to digital tools , systemic racial gaps and biases , increased learning and opportunity disparities and rising poverty have all affected learners from under-priviledged backgrounds. In real life, curb cuts on sidewalks are intentionally designed for people with disabilities.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

We knew we needed to do something to support all students,” says Perez, “especially English learners and students with disabilities.” We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities. There are so many functions that support English language learners.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

So says the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is issuing a challenge to developers and service providers working to make the subject more broadly accessible. Without access or success, their advancement to higher-order math and other skills, like abstract and critical thinking or data analysis, is obstructed.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2024

I spoke to Aylynn as part of a visit to Pendergast with my colleagues from Imagine Learning to hear about educators’ and students’ experiences using the Imagine Learning EL (English Learner) Education curriculum. Reading is like your access to the rest of the world. Imagine Learning EL Education is science-backed and heart-driven.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

We knew we needed to do something to support all students,” says Perez, “especially English learners and students with disabilities.” We knew we needed to do something to support all students, especially English learners and students with disabilities. There are so many functions that support English language learners.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

But as we navigate the complexity of re-opening amidst unprecedented challenges, scheduling may be our most powerful lever for addressing persistent gaps in equity and access. That system hampered the flexibility needed to provide remediation for English-language learners and special education students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

Digital learning cemented itself as a “must have” in schools this year, and equity remained front and center, too, continuing conversations around inequitable technology access, along with racial and socioeconomic disparities and discrimination. Teaching kids to read with good accuracy in English takes several years.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, the National Education Association found nearly every general classroom across the country includes at least one student with a disability. Text-to-speech assistive technology is designed to help children with visual impairment or other disabilities that impact their ability to read. Over the past 10 years, the number of U.S.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Dually certified in special education and English Language Arts, I teach an ELA inclusion class to 11th and 12th graders, which means I serve students with and without Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) in the same setting. I teach three sections of English III to juniors and three sections of English IV Contemporary Literature to seniors.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2020

PebbleGo Health launches in both English and Spanish and joins previously released modules: Animals, Biographies, Science, Social Studies, and Dinosaurs. AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), ensuring it’s accessible to children with vision, cognitive, physical, and hearing disabilities.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Incorporating Inclusivity A final desired outcome associated with AI tools is the promotion of inclusivity and accessibility in the online classroom. A top AI tool for accessibility is Otterai ; this transcription service provides captions for recordings and videos. Prior to that, she taught English at the secondary level.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Interested schools can access the full collection of resources in the K-12 Funding Champion Toolkit. The company’s student reading app, Sora , helps schools embrace the future of reading, providing 24/7 access to books and powerful learning tools and insights to meet the needs of students and educators.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

K–12 teachers desiring to create a classroom where all students have an equal opportunity to learn, may overlook certain physical and digital barriers impede students with disabilities to fully engage. Create Accessibility-Friendly Classroom Environment by Decluttering. Creating an Accessibility-Friendly Digital Environment.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Once enrolled, students can access and complete program courses online from anywhere using a computer, laptop or tablet, with up to 18 months to finish the program. Take classes online, with the flexibility of 24/7 access to classwork. Be supported by an academic coach and certified instructors who care about their success.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

billion in venture capital, according to EdSurge data—most notably Chinese startups that connect local students with English tutors. So in 2014, Cutler started GradeSlam in an effort to give every student in a school or district access to online tutoring support. Since 2016, these companies have raised more than $1.2

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