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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

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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. Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework.

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Pennsylvania School Reports Student Growth in Mathematics Despite National Trends

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To help create a culture of math achievement at North Star, leaders implemented SpringMath , a K–8 math intervention solution, to improve all their students’ math skills school-wide rather than just working with those who needed intervention. To read more about North Star’s success, please visit [link].

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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

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Some were students with learning disabilities. This way, students can track their own progress and achievements, and teachers can easily monitor and share data. Communicating with students about their Lexile score and what it means helps students take ownership of their learning.

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How shifting to a UDL mindset enhances Common Core

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General education teachers have had to learn and apply new instructional strategies to address the new standards and the vision that the standards embody, particularly universal design for learning. This can be a stressful time for everyone. A shift in mindset. It’s no longer about your kids or my kids.

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Transitioning to a workload approach in K-12 special education

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Student impacts The caseload approach often raises concerns about its impact on student achievement, especially when caseloads become excessively large due to the absence of caseload caps in many states. This leads to providers having to create large groups, to find a way to provide their service delivery.

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. It has] really helped us in closing that achievement gap.” Are they culturally relevant for our kids? A teacher uses Imagine Learning EL Education digital products at Pendergast, AZ.

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Data Shows More Discipline, Less College Prep for Students With Disabilities

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About 14 percent of students in traditional public schools and nearly 12 percent of those in charter schools were recorded as having a disability during that period. The most common disabilities among public school children are part of a category called specific learning disabilities, which includes dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia.