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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support. For instance, we conduct empathy interviews where we talk with students and staff to find out more about their experiences.

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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.

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I knew my school could provide accommodations, such as an aid to take notes for me and record my responses for exams and counseling services, but I worried that if I accepted this support, I’d be considered weak by my peers and professors. I felt judged and like I had to prove to everyone that I was still the same person.

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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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Asian and white students are much more likely to complete one of the math and English pathways, considered the college-prep route, while Native students, English learners, and students with disabilities are more likely to have no graduation pathway. We learned that’s not true,”Tilley said.)

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Addressing the root causes of chronic K-12 absenteeism

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Students who miss school also miss important social interaction with their peers, access to regular meals and special services such as speech therapy or counseling. Providers that offer assessments, interventions and counseling across MTSS help you better identify and support at-risk students–ensuring they reach their full potential.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts.

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3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

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Leveraging the power of technology and remote learning One way to alleviate burnout in education is to harness the power of technology to provide interventions to students with disabilities.

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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

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This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We as educators can also serve as gatekeepers to either advanced studies, special education, counseling, etc. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

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