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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. Kaylee Celestino, 16, had long considered becoming a teacher.

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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. Digging deeper into the data We know that raw data from attendance monitoring systems only uncover part of the story, requiring schools and our teachers to proactively dig deeper.

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3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

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Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. School administrators are taking a hard look at how to prevent burnout.

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What Public School Teachers Want: Less Disruption

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It’s a novel idea to consider what teachers want in this time of disruption and corporate education reform, which have by most measures failed our public schools. Teachers have been gagged, muted and forced to wear our poker faces when we speak with parents about their children. Think of teachers as the canaries in the coal mines.

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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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Racism is a subtle, silent enemy of STEM classrooms

eSchool News

This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. This can be seen in the enrollment of students of color in honors and advanced classes based solely on teacher recommendation. How are we actively recruiting diverse teachers and leaders?

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Inside the unique STEM school for students with learning difficulties

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nonprofit with a smattering of schools around the city, most catering to students with learning disabilities. A wide range of ancillary services, like counseling and speech pathology, are also offered, in addition to courses in media creation, robotics, and AP computer science.

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