eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The report is a comprehensive guide for educators, district leaders, and policymakers as it offers insights into the benefits and challenges of AI in education and offers practical strategies for effective and ethical AI implementation, with a focus on enabling accessibility. Key findings in the report include: 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. 7 key roles tech plays in accessibility.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Fortunately, schools possess an invaluable asset in their special education (SPED) teams, equipped with the unique ability to recognize and celebrate the small victories that signify changes and growth in behavior. But changing behavior systems does not happen overnight.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education related services for K-12 schools, today announced a new partnership with the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE). We have long valued CASE’s dedication to educating and innovating with members of the special education community.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Provide multiple sources and access points for assignment requirements and expectations (written descriptions, presentations, instructional videos, examples, rubrics). Collaborate with colleagues in accessibility services to better understand and integrate the services and supports available. Be open and welcome student questions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2015

As schools make recorded lessons available to students online, they may not be making them accessible. stating that both universities violated antidiscrimination laws by failing to provide closed captioning in their online lectures, courses, podcasts, and other educational materials. Next page: Getting Onboard with Accessibility.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2021

Among them: better communication strategies and tools that make it easier for special education parents and teachers to interact. McKittrick says families were left feeling like special education was an afterthought during much of the pandemic. McKittrick’s disappointment didn’t just come from her role as a researcher.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced that it won Best Accessibility Solution in the inaugural Excellence in Equity Awards program presented by the American Consortium for Equity in Education. ITASCA, Ill. This category is particularly meaningful to us.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Accessibility is a “critical key” when it comes to leveraging technology for all students — including those with disabilities, according to a new toolkit offering accessibility resources and tips for state and district education leaders.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

However, when school buildings closed, Zoom windows opened, offering us a new vantage point by which to view the professional and personal lives of educators and education support professionals (ESPs) who work primarily with students with special education needs. I feel I'm on an island.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

By leveraging flexible staffing solutions, schools can access high-quality therapists at a lower overall cost. Additionally, school-related therapy services should always be tailored to the school environment, focused on the child maximizing their access to and participation in their education.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2020

Easy-to-use and highly visual, our platform promotes independent and individual learning for students with special needs. Text-to-speech functionality and switch access compatibility are available on every lesson, game and activity in the Vizzle library. Set play preferences to fit and meet students’ individual learning needs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

This essay is the last of a three-part series exploring the challenges facing educators of students who learn and think differently and elevating how SEL strategies can support educators in reframing and addressing those challenges now and in the long term. The challenge: Remote learning requirements keep changing, and I can’t keep up.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Expert IEP founder Antoinette Banks outlines how special education has been chronically underfunded for decadesand how the potential dismantling of the Department of Education adds new complications. There’s so much happening with special education, and I know that on some days it seems we have a million moving parts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) has re-endorsed Classworks® for an additional three years. The CASE Executive Committee designated the award-winning platform as a CASE-endorsed product that delivers high-quality assessment and instructional resources to special education teachers and students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

The Evolution of Response to Intervention When President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act in 1975, it was because public schools had a history of systematically denying students with special needs access to a public school education.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2022

They came back already knowing how to use programs and what it can do and can’t do,” says Crist, a special education teacher at the district’s elementary school. Click the banner to access exclusive K–12 technology content when you sign up as an Insider.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

At the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning at Ulster Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES), we have developed the architecture to accomplish and codify a leadership approach to help schools consider how to reach our most marginalized and vulnerable students. Related : What matters most for our special education teachers?

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Educators in Miami-Dade County Public Schools use Gemini to generate quizzes and answer keys, and students are creating study materials aligned to concepts they’re struggling with for personalized tutoring and support.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 18, 2019

How to Leverage Mainstream Technology to Boost Special Education. Federal laws such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) , as well as state allocations and local funding, give schools access to resources to support students with special needs. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 07/18/2019 - 11:31.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

Persistent teacher shortages and the cost and time required to fill special education roles often exacerbate the strain. Adding to the complexity, Parts B and C of the IDEA mandate that all children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE).

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

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. The update is meant to expand access by spelling out specific technical standards government entities must follow.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The LRE ensures that students under IDEA are offered equitable access to education alongside their non-disabled peers. Under these requirements, special education students should be in the same classrooms as their peers to the maximum appropriate extent.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2020

During this launch month, Capstone is offering a special Educator Preview to all educators who want to explore the new resource for free. AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), ensuring it’s accessible to children with vision, cognitive, physical, and hearing disabilities.

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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.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Learning is still, and always has been, a social activity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2025

At the heart of this movement is a commitment to honoring the dignity and humanity of every student while also removing the stigma around special education by creating learning spaces where differences are not just accepted, but celebrated. This approach fosters environments where all students can learn and grow together.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Tobii Dynavox, the global leader in assistive technology for communication, today announced the new generation of its special education platform Boardmaker. Boardmaker provides a fully inclusive education environment for parents, special education teachers and schools to millions of students around the world.

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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

APRIL 5, 2015

As more students on the autism spectrum enter classrooms each year, technology has the potential to help those students have equal access to educational opportunities. Here, we’ve gathered a handful of those apps, and you can access more on the APPitic site. Apps News Special Education Top News'

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

TORONTO & CHICAGO – Euna Solutions® , a leading provider of purpose-built, cloud-based solutions for the public sector, today announced the launch of Euna Special Education: MTSS , a powerful new module designed to transform how school districts across the United States implement and manage Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Math can be made accessible to all students using lessons that start at a low level and finish at a much higher level. Questioning strategies can be done every day, and can be opened with a question that has varied, interesting, and accessible answers. His work has focused in mathematics, science, and special education.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Student engagement and involvement with technology-driven IEPs: Technology-driven IEPs can also empower students to take an active role in their education plan. All these technologies align with technology-driven IEPs by providing personalized, accessible, and measurable learning experiences that address diverse needs.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The authors note that while, ideally, UDL allows students with disabilities to access courses without adaptation, it can also help to improve learning—and, therefore, retention—among all students.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2021

We needed a solution that would simplify access for our students and staff. He helped launch Indiana’s first and only virtual school in 1999, earned CoSN’s coveted Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) certification and is a member of CoSN’s Board of Directors. What does access look like now?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Many schools continue to encounter challenges in effectively serving their students, faced with special education staff shortages, backlogs of evaluations, and a youth mental health crisis. Related : How teletherapy enables access to special education services How staff absences impact educator burnout.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2021

Schools and districts are poised to receive an influx of federal dollars that should support students with disabilities and make equity a priority, ensuring that outdated and ineffective special education systems are updated and held to high-quality standards, according to a new report from the Center for Learner Equity.

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