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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

eSchool News

Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support. We adjusted our resources, and this year, 96 percent of K-5 students met typical growth in English language arts.

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Fully Seen and Fully Known: Teaching that Affirms Disability

Cult of Pedagogy

Over the past few decades, significant strides have been made in the field of special education to make every classroom a place where students, regardless of ability or disability, can reach their full potential. While these efforts have succeeded in improving access, they still position disabled students as lacking in some way.

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First AI-Powered Special Education Management Platform Helps Districts Reach100% IEP Compliance

eSchool News

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) who used Streamline reported seeinga 50% increase in capacity for direct therapy, as well asa 32% improvement in speech-language outcomes through the platform’s integrated AI-enabled SLP Helper TM. An Urgent Need Meets a Scalable Solution According to the U.S. Department of Education, more than 7.3

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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

eSchool News

Asian and white students are much more likely to complete one of the math and English pathways, considered the college-prep route, while Native students, English learners, and students with disabilities are more likely to have no graduation pathway. Across the state, students don’t have equal access to the pathways. Now over 89% do.

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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners

Edsurge

Programs like this open new doors for students who don’t always see themselves represented in traditional extracurriculars, especially girls, multilingual learners and students with disabilities. Confidence: English Language learners improve through hands-on projects. Leverage accessible tools. Focus on teacher support.

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Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems

Edsurge

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.