Edsurge

JULY 18, 2025

Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for those students — which they have the right to receive.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2023

Nearly two-thirds of students from grades four through 12 aren’t considered proficient readers for their grade level, and these numbers are trending in the wrong direction. Students who have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) , as well as those from Title I schools, typically receive special attention and services.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

As students rotate to this station, they receive focused attention and resources that address their unique learning challenges or advanced needs, ensuring that each student is supported where they are in their learning journey. Group 2 (On Grade Level): Students read a standard-level folktale and discuss the central message.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Teachers can’t slow down the lesson plans for the entire class to accommodate a few struggling students, and can’t provide individualized attention to all the students who need it to stay on track. Automated grading and feedback : Automated grading systems powered by AI can significantly reduce teachers’ time evaluating assignments and exams.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Preparing teachers to teach these five components–known as scientifically-based reading instruction–can ensure more than 1 million additional students enter 4th grade able to read each year. Require a strong reading test for anyone teaching students in the elementary grades.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

For some, even their grades improved. That discussion could draw the attention of other students–making my students feel self-conscious–or it might be disruptive. When I explained what I was doing, why it was needed, and that only their activity during school hours was visible, they started to change their minds.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2024

By taking a data-driven approach to individual IEP development and review, leaders can, with suitable systems, aggregate IEP data to look at ways they can better serve students with disabilities as a whole.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Kane’s research into district-level learning loss found that Cicero students in third to eighth grades lost the equivalent of a third of a year in reading from spring 2019 to 2022, and a little less than half a year in math. Her goal this year is to boost students’ confidence and help more students read at a fifth grade level on their own.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. Plus, the students who struggled with attention didn’t miss out on any information since they could access the content through the voice-over, the visuals in the video, and the text in the captions. Evaluating accessibility.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades. Building literacy skills in young readers must continue beyond third grade. First, we need to ensure that we are offering strong, evidence-based code instruction beyond the grades where those skills used to be actively taught.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

What if instead of having to compete with peers for the sun’s attention, it had room to grow in its own way, at its own pace? And, like her peers nationwide, her transition to first grade in the fall of 2021 was a challenging one. It’s every kid in this grade,” her teacher said. Fast forward to this school year.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Preparing teachers to teach these five components—known as scientifically-based reading instruction—can ensure more than 1 million additional students enter 4th grade able to read each year. Roughly one-third of children in elementary classrooms across the country cannot read at even a basic level by the middle of the fourth grade.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

In fact, the National Education Association found nearly every general classroom across the country includes at least one student with a disability. Assistive technologies can meet the needs of students at all grade and skill levels. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how schools are using virtual and augmented reality for assistive learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

If a teacher brings a tool to [a district], they should pay attention,” Bass says, “because [teachers] are the ones in the classrooms and understand the impact those tools can have on kids.” If a teacher brings a tool to [a district], they should pay attention. There’s still grading to be done, though. Louis, Missouri.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Educators noted that, with the increase in expectations of students, they were also increasing the demands on parents, since most students with disabilities needed support from parents to execute remote lessons—from setting and regulating their students' schedules, to helping them access (i.e.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We examine the influence of the intersections of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and migration on these Black women educators’ experiences based on the seen and unseen elements of the participants in this study. My department simultaneously professed concern while ignoring my needs and rights under the American Disabilities Act.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

How I figure it, there are a list of things I find reasonable for all students—letting them stand or wiggle when they are having problems with attention or sleepiness, taking extra time to answer questions for assignments and projects, moving at a pace that is comfortable for the slowest in the group when we are on-the-move for class, etc.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

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. Attention feels more frayed and fragile during live video lessons for all of us. You can read part one here. Let’s be frank.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In telling them about myself, I open up a portal into a world where teachers are humanized instead of being seen as authority figures who just distribute grades at the end of the semester. We know what its like not to register anything the teacher said and to be met with raised eyebrowsas if we are poor students who dont pay attention.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

We didn’t necessarily want attention,” Hernandez says, even though they got plenty from the media. “We The school dropped the learning program for 11th and 12th grade students, because teachers of those grades didn’t receive any professional development for Summit. A few days later, on Nov. Some changes have come.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Already, it’s caught the attention of investors, who just this March injected $5.6 Currently, Lexplore has an established presence in its native Sweden, where it’s used across Stockholm’s municipal education board to help identify kids who may be dyslexic as early as first grade.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Right now I teach grades 1 through 9 at Lake Travis STEM Academy, just outside Austin, Texas. Furthermore, students with disabilities are sometimes unable to play a traditional instrument. Researchers have found that music nurtures risk-taking, discipline, attention to detail, fine motor skills and emotional maturity.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

I’m a ninth grade English teacher at Collier and all of my students are classified with a disability and have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that qualifies them for special education services. Our school has a low student-teacher ratio, averaging about 4:1, which enables us to provide more individualized attention.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. Some disabilities include blindness, deafness, dyslexia, and autism. Let’s find out below.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

We will see more districts leveraging real-time data so families can understand more than just what their child’s grades are. Additionally, AI can be used to develop tools that enhance accessibility for students with disabilities, providing a more inclusive learning environment for all kinds of learners.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

We also learned where the new curriculum requirements will complement current efforts and where they’ll require more focused attention on the part of district administrators. So, I think the state mandate around LGBTQIA and disability resources is really timely, considering the work we’re already doing. How do we find resources?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Elevating Engagement Engagement is an important factor driving retention in online classrooms; furthermore, dynamic environments capture the attention of students, ensuring greater dedication to learning. Transcriptions ease and enable learning for many students with disabilities. Huang et al. Literacy Today (2411-7862) 41 (1): 5458.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Whether it’s a learning disability, physical impairment, or sensory issue, recognizing these elements will guide you in selecting the right technological tools. Online Portals : Use educational platforms that allow parents to access assignments, grades, and feedback, ensuring they’re part of the learning process.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

And while not everyone agrees on an exact definition of this umbrella term, it’s frequently used to describe people who are on the autism spectrum, people with learning disabilities, and people with attention differences like ADD and ADHD, among others. It’s things like dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

As it turned out, Kevin was mostly non-verbal with emotional and learning disabilities. How could these children, who seemed to need so much attention, learn—or even function—in a setting where they had to complete challenging educational tasks entirely unaided by an adult? You must be Kevin,” I said with a smile.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. And thirdly, we believe that there will be more urgent attention paid to professional development for K-12 educators.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. The researchers conclude by calling for greater attention to how storytime planning and execution are design-focused processes.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

That is just one of many challenges with remote learning in the early grades. Keeping the youngest students — who typically have the shortest attention spans — on track academically is difficult. Teachers also have to engage all students, being mindful to overcome language barriers and accommodate disabilities.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2020

That is just one of many challenges with remote learning in the early grades. Keeping the youngest students — who typically have the shortest attention spans — on track academically is difficult. Teachers also have to engage all students, being mindful to overcome language barriers and accommodate disabilities.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2020

That is just one of many challenges with remote learning in the early grades. Keeping the youngest students — who typically have the shortest attention spans — on track academically is difficult. Teachers also have to engage all students, being mindful to overcome language barriers and accommodate disabilities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades. Tim Hudson, Chief Learning Officer, DreamBox Learning Building literacy skills in young readers must continue beyond third grade. Phonics and fluency instruction need to extend, to meet students’ needs regardless of grade.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 8, 2025

Elevating Engagement Engagement is an important factor driving retention in online classrooms; furthermore, dynamic environments capture the attention of students, ensuring greater dedication to learning. Transcriptions ease and enable learning for many students with disabilities. Huang et al. Literacy Today (2411-7862) 41 (1): 5458.

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