eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

A lot of them wanted an art club. 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. Engaging with students was a top priority for workgroup members.

Disabilities

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.

Disabilities

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Black/African American students, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx students, and Native American/Alaskan students are less likely to attend a high school that offers foundational computer science.

Science

eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2016

The Common Core app organizes the Common Core standards by subject area (math traditional, math integrated, language arts, history/Social Studies, and science and technology) and grade level. Common Core ConceptBank , another free app, explores K-8 mathematics and English Language Arts standards by grade level in a greater depth.

Disabilities

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

For the center’s report, researchers set out to find information in each state about student achievement in English language arts, math, science, and social studies, as well as student growth–or the progress students made year over year–in English and math.

English

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

We are the only school in the region who started a dual language program,” said Rossina Sandoval, Southwest DuBois County School District’s director of community engagement, in an interview with the Daily Yonder. That has proven to be the most effective way to develop language skills,” she said.

Teaching

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. As a teacher of world language, I want my students to realize that you don’t have to learn Spanish by studying verb conjugations out of a textbook every day.

Language

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2023

It was a normal-looking school newsletter: a three-page PDF with information about upcoming events, decorated with colorful clip art of flowers. A document like that can be completely unreadable for a parent or guardian with a disability. That same PDF file can be even harder to navigate for a parent or guardian who’s disabled.

Accessibility

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The year before the pandemic, 22% of students in the district met or exceeded Illinois’ English language arts standards, while 16% cleared that bar in math. At the beginning, we were: No, no, no, no, no,” said Marisa Mills, the president of Cicero’s teachers union and a seventh grade English language arts teacher at Unity Junior High.

Math

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2024

Her words describe the transformative power of reading — a skill that, unlike spoken language, humans are not naturally hardwired to master. Language comprehension involves developing background knowledge for context and mastering language structures, such as grammar and syntax, to make sense of sentences and larger texts.

Science

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately

Teaching

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We want all children to attend a public school where there is a nurse, the arts, band, orchestra, novels, field trips, technology and daily classes in the “untested subjects” (such as science and social studies). Charter schools have been known to cherry pick students by race, class and even disability levels. What do teachers want?

Teachers

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. I was ecstatic.

Accessibility

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2019

Some efforts to foster neurodiversity on campus build on programs college administrations have long bolstered, like offices for disability services. I think increasingly there’s an awareness of having an inclusive academic environment on a liberal arts campus is a better way going forward.” Changing language reflects this shift.

Disabilities

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. The physical layout of a classroom can make all the difference for a successful learning experience.

Technology

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

Through research and evaluation, psychologists in the 1970s and ’80s sought to develop a new framework to stop over-identifying students as disabled. Serve the needs of students who required more instruction to succeed but did not necessarily display a learning disability.

Special Education

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. However, in most states. But that’s not always the way it goes down.

Special Education

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2022

Schmedlen currently serves on the Board of Governors of JA Worldwide; the Board of Advisors at the mEducation Alliance; and the Board of Directors of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts. Texthelp believes in a world where difference, disability or language are no longer barriers. Dr. Schmedlen earned a B.A.

Disabilities

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” See also: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them?

Teachers

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

As a high school English teacher, I had the special privilege of teaching a variety of learners, including high-achieving pre-AP students, English language learners, students with social and emotional disabilities, and students with IEPs (Individualized Learning Plans) carrying a wide range of special needs.

English

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

But this time the company disabled the “share” feature—a key component of the service. It showed 7,200 results for English Language Arts, and now shows about 8,300. Then in July 2017 Amazon tried again, announcing a public beta version of Inspire.

eLearning

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

Apply a fresh coat of paint at Southeast Alaska Independent Living, a nonprofit that serves people with disabilities. It’s the kind of higher ed experience that leaders of a new, nonprofit, two-year, liberal arts, postsecondary program in Sitka, Alaska, hope more young adults like Singewald will get to have soon.

Education

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Are there any limitations or drawbacks of SSR for certain groups of learners, for instance, English language learners? Stephen Krashen ’s work has been particularly effective at illustrating how SSR is truly one of the best ways of teaching a second language. SSR works incredibly well with language learners. Absolutely not.

Reading

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Given how participating students have bolstered their foundational reading skills in Massachusetts and nationally with Ignite Reading, we are optimistic that this program will supercharge literacy progress in Fall River,” said Stephanie Kennedy, Director of English Language Arts K-12 of Fall River Public Schools. Hispanic, 11.9%

Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

After watching that video and seeing the teacher benefit from the robot’s assistance, it is important for you to know that some teachers are not totally against the idea of robots giving them a hand in their day-to-day tasks, such as grading, tutoring, taking attendance, making copies of worksheets, and translating languages.

Teachers

eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Edgenuity announced the launch of UpSmart , a supplemental solution designed to help all students in grades 6–8 demonstrate mastery of state standards in English language arts and math. She became a dyslexia expert and advocate after her husband and two of her four children were diagnosed with the learning disability.

Learning Disabilities

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2018

Think about the times you learned about the force of gravity and law of physics or the way Renaissance masters used perspective in art and architecture. With Microsoft’s current Hololens, we’ve seen innovative learning experiences in healthcare , engineering , art and other fields.

Learning

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EdSurge talked with Taylor about what makes reading a visually unnatural activity, why reading inefficiency isn’t a learning disability, and how early intervention can increase fluency and foster joy in reading. these reading skills don't correlate with intelligence, and reading inefficiently isn't a learning disability.

Reading

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

What is your primary or first language? Historically, college students are reluctant to self-disclose their disability status. Students’ response to this question gives us an early opportunity to connect students—who might not know the process—with our college’s office of disability services. If so, please list below.

Instructors

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

What is your primary or first language? Historically, college students are reluctant to self-disclose their disability status. Students’ response to this question gives us an early opportunity to connect students—who might not know the process—with our college’s office of disability services. If so, please list below.

Instructors

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

Gamification

Teach Hub

MAY 15, 2024

A 2014 study found that physical activity can boost language arts skills. For all children to reap the benefits of recess, schools must accommodate children with varying abilities and physical disabilities. While children interact in a play environment and are free to think outside the box and be imaginative.

Disabilities

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2022

Role : Elementary school English/language arts teacher Location : Cooter, Missouri Salary : $40,000 Years teaching : 22 Additional jobs : School custodian, house cleaner, painter and more Stacey Robinson poses in her classroom in Cooter, Missouri. Stacey Robinson.

Teachers

Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Equity gaps are large and persistent in America for students of color, who live in poverty, whose primary language isn’t English, or who have a disability, and the past couple of decades of school reform haven’t done much to alter those. Seth Godin reminds me that ‘ if your audience isn’t listening, it’s your fault, not theirs. ’

Schools

EAB

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We also received questions on various subject-specific curricula, with English language arts (at both the elementary and secondary levels) being the most popular. Secondary-level English language arts: 7.5% In particular, district leaders were interested in best practices for supporting students with disabilities.

Disabilities

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

Workshops introduce AIpowered language labs one month and augmented reality science modules the next. Learners who speak English as an additional language receive realtime captioning and vocabulary support. Core subjects math, science, language arts are essential even in virtual schools. How do parents stay involved?

Schools

k12 Online Schools

JUNE 28, 2024

Top K12 online schools , such as K12 Schools , offer extensive subject options, allowing students to focus on areas of interest, whether it’s science, arts, technology, or language. In contrast, safe online schools offer a controlled environment where students can focus on learning without fear of harassment or distraction.

Schools