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Teaching Bilingual Learners in Rural Schools

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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.

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Forget Memorization: Here's Why Language Class Should Focus on Excitement Instead

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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.

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How to Bring to Life the Science of Reading

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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. Imagine Learning EL Education is science-backed and heart-driven. Bridging skills connect these processes.

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Accessibility Tools Can Be Transformative for Some Students. But at What Cost?

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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.

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Where Does Personalized Learning End and Special Education Begin?

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I’ve committed to personalizing learning, but how can I do that for every student in my inclusion classroom when the range of abilities among them is so vast? And my hope is that schools, districts and the entrepreneurs building tools to support personalized learning models consider them as well. .

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Reading Is Visually Unnatural—Here's How to Help Students Who Struggle

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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.

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In the marketplace: Online makerspaces and innovative college prep

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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.