Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

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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Disabilities Special Education Study Languages 128

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

The process is part of a five-year plan to build an accountability culture around edtech use. You might find a tool thats low-cost, easy to maintain and highly valued, or something thats a top-down priority but doesnt fit the culture or workflow, she says. If students arent engaged, it doesnt matter how much we paid for it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Here’s an interesting piece from Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, on the explosion of wearable technology and its place in the education ecosystem: How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. Overcoming Disabilities. Immersing in Education. This has led to the rise of immersive learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2015

Special education teachers have been required for the first time to become pseudo subject-area experts to help struggling students and those with learning disabilities meet the standards. We accomplish this through carefully-designed cohorts, teacher-led “zones,” online resources support, and by fostering a collaborative culture.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Protecting the data of students with disabilities is crucial for several reasons. However, there is a critical concern: IEPs require detailed information about students’ disabilities, learning needs, medical history, and academic performance.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2019

These misconceptions are having a detrimental impact on struggling readers, and school leaders need to set the tone and build a school culture where best practices and evidence-based research are shared to create a system of support for all readers. “School leaders are just following along and are starting to believe them.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Bridging the equity divide and addressing cultural responsiveness. Realizing that a focus on equity is paramount to improving outcomes for BCPS students, eight years ago the district committed to formalizing an initiative to change how educators engage with students to reflect a more culturally responsive school system.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2019

Learning disabilities, academic performance, and vision problems could necessitate students being placed in the front of the classroom to ensure better learning and higher engagement. If something doesn’t work, then the teacher can adjust until an arrangement sticks.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

“Universal screening removes barriers to access and is a proven strategy to help identify students that have been traditionally underrepresented in Gifted Education programs – especially students who may be culturally, linguistically and socioeconomically diverse.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

While every student should have access to pediatric mental health services, those services need to be delivered in a way that the therapists are aware of the students’ cultural settings. According to the CDC , one in six children have a developmental disability, and this number increases to one in five children in rural communities.

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Disabilities Students Culture Accessibility 258

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

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.

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Special Education Study Languages 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools support students with disabilities, while language models assist non-native English speakers. Define when and how it’s appropriate, fostering a culture of integrity. Rethinking AI as a tool for empowerment 1. Enhancing accessibility AI tools can make learning more inclusive.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 332

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

Supreme Court Case Brown versus Board of Education ruled that it was unconstitutional to segregate schools by race, and in 1975 Public Law 94-142 federally mandated that all children in the United States had a right to a free, appropriate public education, even if they had learning or physical disabilities (Dalien, 2022).

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Being not only consumers but also active content creators, examining their social media usage reveals much about their cultural identity expression. How students have come to navigate these digital spaces is deeply intertwined with cultural practices, shaping and reflecting their online behavior.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Teaching culturally responsive computer science. She embeds culturally responsive lessons in her classes, talking about “what happens if they are not there” contributing to top companies. “It’s not just about getting more seats in more classrooms.

Science 320

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2023

To help create a culture of math achievement at North Star, leaders implemented SpringMath , a K–8 math intervention solution, to improve all their students’ math skills school-wide rather than just working with those who needed intervention. To read more about North Star’s success, please visit [link].

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

Through the Leader in Me and an RTI2-B partnership with Vanderbilt University, the school is transforming its culture and addressing unrealistically high behavioral issues that inhibit learning. Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. As part of the process, E.A.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

Schizophrenia creates significant disability that disrupts quality of life, especially impairing social relationships and cognitive skills (World Health Organization 2022). Auditory Hallucination Simulation To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia.

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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.

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Disabilities Culture Students Beliefs 146

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

However, as books like “ Brotopia ” by Emily Chang and “ Race after Technology ” by Ruha Benjamin indicate, the culture of tech companies can be misogynistic and racist and therefore unwelcoming to many people. I am actively learning about people across the globe who have different religious and cultural ways of life than I do.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2016

Special education teachers have been required for the first time to become pseudo subject-area experts to help struggling students and those with learning disabilities meet the standards. We accomplish this through carefully-designed cohorts, teacher-led “zones,” online resources support, and by fostering a collaborative culture.

Universal Design 188

Universal Design Special Education Learning Disabilities Disabilities 188

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

Schizophrenia creates significant disability that disrupts quality of life, especially impairing social relationships and cognitive skills (World Health Organization 2022). Auditory Hallucination Simulation To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia.

Culture 105

Culture Beliefs Learning Interdisciplinary 105

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

3.2 – Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text. Example: Two Teacher-Led Stations – One Differentiated, One Guided Reading and Discussion Reading Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3.2

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

million US students — 15% of all students — have disabilities that qualify them for Individualized Education Plans (IEPs). TCG serves students with behavioral and academic challenges that are usually caused by diagnosed disabilities such as emotional disability, autism spectrum disorder (ASD), developmental disabilities, and more.

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Confidentiality Disabilities Special Education Study 198

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Being not only consumers but also active content creators, examining their social media usage reveals much about their cultural identity expression. How students have come to navigate these digital spaces is deeply intertwined with cultural practices, shaping and reflecting their online behavior.

Culture 108

Culture Learning Instructors Discussions 108

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Solution for teachers : Teachers can foster a culture of integrity by establishing trust and open communication. Its up to educators to rethink traditional assessment methods and build a classroom culture that values learning over compliance. Works Cited Hanover Research. Best practices in virtual assessments. Hanover Research.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. In order to create a learning environment that feels safe, comfortable and empowering for students, schools need to adhere to basic guiding principles. Going Forward.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

Some were students with learning disabilities. Next week: See how a district turned around its data culture to impact student achievement and growth. Many of those struggling were English-language learners (ELLs) whose English proficiency wasn’t at the level needed to comprehend challenging texts within these exams.

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English Language Languages Learning Disabilities 216

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The agreement also calls for the university to perform an accessibility audit of its technology, hire or designate an official to coordinate access issues, and create a grievance process for “vision-related disability issues” for times when students feel an accommodation is not effective. And he wasn’t alone in raising concerns.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. Examples of microaggression can be scheduling major deadlines on important cultural event dates or making inappropriate and insensitive jokes about a particular group of students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Charter schools have been known to cherry pick students by race, class and even disability levels. Teachers want the focus off of the flawed standardized data culture and back on the children as developing human beings who deserve more than test prep and basic skills. In fact, charter schools have been accused of re-segregation.

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Teachers Schools Disabilities Fairness 214

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

There has also been an outlash of criticism on curriculum , coursework and materials, with efforts to restrict what educators teach, that has put racial, cultural and historical identities under attack. America’s young people are feeling the weight of it all. high school students.

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Schools Disabilities Study Ethics 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Reduced Physical Barriers : For students with disabilities, hybrid models can provide alternative formats for coursework and assessments, allowing greater participation without the constraints of physical classrooms. While this can enhance competitiveness, it risks homogenizing educational experiences and neglecting local cultural values.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 141

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2024

Accessible conferences ensure that all attendees, regardless of physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities, can participate fully and engage with the content and networking opportunities. This involves engaging with disabled individuals directly, seeking their insights and perspectives to inform decision-making.

Accessibility 149

Accessibility Disabilities Languages Language 149

eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics, it was found that among the 15 percent of students receiving special education services, the largest proportions have specific learning disabilities (32 percent) and speech or language impairments (19 percent).

Special Education 277

Special Education Education Attention Learning Disabilities 277

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

But critics of the proposal worry it could dilute students’ cultural education and place a burden on public schools that already lack adequate technology resources. It’s about whether or not we value culture and whether or not we value foreign language as a means to teach that.”. He said “dozens of other states are looking at this.”.

Language 189

Language Languages Disabilities Social Studies 189

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In response, universities and educators strive to create and nurture virtual relationships and communities that foster positive relational school cultures, understanding student behavior within a social context (Manassah, Roderick, and Gregory 2018, 39). Mentors can be faculty members, alumni, or industry professionals.

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