eSchool News

JULY 1, 2015

Special education programs have been the target of legal challenges on the grounds of discrimination and racial bias, yet the study found that minority children are underdiagnosed across five disability conditions for which U.S. UCI-Penn State findings contradict prior research, public perception and federal legislation, policies.

Special Education 172

Special Education Disabilities Learning Disabilities Beliefs 172

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Accountability is maintained through national curricula and standardized exams, emphasizing the belief that education benefits both individuals and society. It involves government funding and regulation of schools without direct operational control.

Culture 294

Culture Education History Learning Styles 294

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Learning Spaces Universal Design Learning Disabilities 98

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2023

In my drive to transcend the label of “the Asian teacher” that colleagues and students attached to me, I ended up suppressing another part of my identity as a disabled person with a visual impairment. In the former, it was my disability that defined who I was, but in the latter, it was my skin color.

Disabilities 144

Disabilities Culture Students Beliefs 144

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Espoused Values and Beliefs The first source of information ought to come from your espoused values and beliefs. When you go back and revisit your writing on the subject, how well does it align with your beliefs now? Ultimately, we want to determine how effectively we articulate our beliefs and in what contexts.

Syllabus 155

Syllabus Teaching Beliefs Instructors 155

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

This suggests that students are better able to engage socially when they have a foundation in their own emotions, attitudes and beliefs. We found that when programs teach intra personal skills before inter personal skills, there are better outcomes across all domains for students.

Disabilities 218

Disabilities Schools Study Beliefs 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Applying this concept to edtech, the belief is that a “trickle-down effect” solution will initially widen gaps, but as it scales it will benefit many (if not all) in the long run. In real life, curb cuts on sidewalks are intentionally designed for people with disabilities. Next, develop products for aspirational consumers to adopt.

English 217

English Languages Language Beliefs 217

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Undergraduate education offers a key opportunity for recruiting students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic, gender, and disability groups into computing. This study sought to uncover how students are changing in college, including how their academic majors might have an effect on their beliefs and attitudes.

Science 217

Science Ethics Culture Teaching 217

Dangerously Irrelevant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

This is especially true when the conversation shifts to groups of students who have been marginalized by race, culture, language, family income, or disability. We often show students that we don’t see them as experts about their own lives and astute observers of their surroundings.

Beliefs 133

Beliefs Disabilities Culture Students 133

Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2018

How do my background and beliefs potentially bias my work as an educator? Socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, family background, disability, religious beliefs—there are so many aspects of who we are as human beings that must be considered to ensure equitable environments and opportunities for all kids.

Discussions 165

Discussions Beliefs Achievement Disabilities 165

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 176

Special Education Disabilities Education Schools 176

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Pro-censorship groups do not represent the vast majority of parents or guardians in their beliefs about librarians, reading, education, and civil society.” ” “Book Riot is excited to continue collaborating with EveryLibrary Institute on this important project.

Essay 281

Essay Exams Testing High School 281

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2019

Far more believe that only gifted students and those with learning disabilities will benefit a lot from tailoring learning. That belief could help explain why, despite the growing adoption of edtech, these tools have not helped every student reach their full potential.

Learning 144

Learning Learning Disabilities Beliefs Disabilities 144

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

But if you have maybe a learning disability, you don't speak English as well as others or your achievement has not been the same, arts gives these children multiple ways to express what they know. Teachers' belief systems, what we call efficacy beliefs, is mapped to student achievement tighter than almost any other construct."

Art 167

Art Learning Beliefs Achievement 167

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Clinical faculty should urge students to keep an unbiased, open-minded mindset and to be conscious of the dangers of holding predetermined beliefs.

Culture 111

Culture Beliefs Learning Interdisciplinary 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Clinical faculty should urge students to keep an unbiased, open-minded mindset and to be conscious of the dangers of holding predetermined beliefs.

Culture 105

Culture Beliefs Learning Interdisciplinary 105

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. Heading into the 2024-2025 school year, I think we’ll see an increase in the funding and focus on meeting the needs of students with disabilities, like low vision and ADHD, through innovations in technology.

Schools 333

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 333

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

This report also found that students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined in public schools. The United States Government Accountability Office recently released a report confirming decades of anecdotal research saying, among other things, that Black male students who account for 15.5

Learning 130

Learning Schools Culture Beliefs 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Others point out that mindfulness, which has its roots in Buddhist beliefs and practices, has ballooned into a billion-dollar industry that appropriates the traditions it bases itself upon. Department of Education shows black students are suspended nearly three times (16 percent) the rate of white students (5 percent).

Study 130

Study Middle School Middle School Disabilities 130

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2017

And what Nichelle Nichols meant to you, as an African American—you then extended to people with disabilities, when you joined the crew of “Next Generation.” And Whoopi maintained her belief in herself and her destiny and proved everyone wrong—because she believed. So “Star Trek” has always been a part of me.

Education 153

Education Reading Beliefs Culture 153

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2017

Attitudinal: Changes in underlying attitudes, values and beliefs. For a reform to be integrated into the functioning of a college, our study found that change needed to happen at several levels: Structural : Changes to the organization or design of systems and business practices.

Technology 94

Technology Beliefs Disabilities Motivation 94

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Its core beliefs are: Technology is a critical tool to personalize learning. It recently re-released with the Center on Technology and Disability a report, Digital Accessibility Toolkit: What Education Leaders Need to Know. Technological fluency allows children to be prepared for the world of today and tomorrow.

Educational Technologies 62

Educational Technologies Technology Education Beliefs 62

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

At best, we need to give you a label of a disability for you to have any kind of accommodations outside of the ‘norm.’. That belief really didn't start to change until we figured out [that you had to] give the public a new way of thinking and—more importantly—new behaviors that would have an actual effect on their health and wellness.

Intelligence 144

Intelligence Failure Science Beliefs 144

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Students bring pre-existing attitudes, beliefs and interests into the classroom, but situational factors can influence whether or not students develop interest in new material that is presented to them in an educational context (Durik, 2003). Dr. Sejdic is also a member of the Board of Directors for the CT Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC).

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Students bring pre-existing attitudes, beliefs and interests into the classroom, but situational factors can influence whether or not students develop interest in new material that is presented to them in an educational context (Durik, 2003). Dr. Sejdic is also a member of the Board of Directors for the CT Parent Advocacy Center (CPAC).

Course Design 61

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 61

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

On top of everything else, it’s often expected that leaders be without chronic health conditions or disabilities. There’s a pervasive belief that higher education suffers from “administrative bloat,” or having too many people in cushy, overpaid leadership roles with ridiculous titles.

Communication 209

Communication Beliefs Disabilities Ethics 209

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Board of Education, the Civil Rights Movement the unwavering belief of Black Americans in the promise of education for all remained strong. Thats the frustrating thing, because I dont think that most Americans are on board with racial segregation, sexual harassment, and exclusion of students with disabilities.

Education 113

Education Disabilities History Writing 113

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

“Create equity checkpoints throughout your existing decision-making processes and start with the knowledge and belief that every child, every family, every educator brings assets to your school community. Make your decisions based on those facts. The voice of those most impacted needs to be at the decision-making tables.

Schools 124

Schools Testing Beliefs Disabilities 124

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

The allure of school choice seems to rest heavily on the belief that in most communities, at least one school is already checking all of those boxes well, and from there it’s just a matter of parents saying, “Yes, I’d like that one please.” It’s no wonder so many schools fall short in some way or another.

Schools 109

Schools Fairness History Art 109

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

These behaviors and beliefs are learned, and they can be unlearned, too. A bias incident is defined as any hostile expression that may be motivated by another person’s race, color, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Beliefs 180

Beliefs Education Culture Schools 180

eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2025

This decentralized structure reflects a longstanding belief that local authorities are better positioned to address the diverse needs of their communities. Many of these schools also serve disproportionately high numbers of students with disabilities and ELL students, thereby making federal support even more vital.

Local Government 319

Local Government Education Disabilities Secondary Education 319