Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

So much has changed in the last six months, and yet for educators of students who learn and think differently, what has remained the same is that navigating these evolving conditions continues to present challenges above and beyond those faced by educators of neurotypical learners. I feel I'm on an island.

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Special Education Distance Learning Education Communication 218

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Expert IEP founder Antoinette Banks outlines how special education has been chronically underfunded for decadesand how the potential dismantling of the Department of Education adds new complications. There’s so much happening with special education, and I know that on some days it seems we have a million moving parts.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This story on data privacy in special education originally appeared on CoSN’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Protecting the data of students with disabilities is crucial for several reasons.

Confidentiality 321

Confidentiality Disabilities Language Languages 321

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). 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. How did we get here?

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Disabilities Special Education Study Language 128

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2016

General education teachers have had to learn and apply new instructional strategies to address the new standards and the vision that the standards embody, particularly universal design for learning. 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

MAY 16, 2024

.” A nationwide survey of schools reported special education teacher vacancies were nearly twice that of other subject areas, with 65% of public schools in the US reporting being understaffed in special education. More than 78% reported difficulty in hiring special education staff. Yet more than 7.5

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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. Join the Community.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

With Black students not even scoring half of the overall percentage, we’ve just gotten a sign to ring the alarm on equity in science education. This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

STEM 279

STEM Counselling Gamification Special Education 279

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Typically, educational professionals focus on how to help students better access what is considered ‘typical’ learning (Ong-Dean, 2005). 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. How did we get here?

Disabilities 98

Disabilities Special Education Study Language 98

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

In today’s educational landscape, the emphasis on inclusion and creating the least restrictive environments for students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) has significantly reshaped classroom dynamics.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

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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Culture Learning Instructors Discussions 128

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

million students in public K-12 schools in the United States who qualified for special education services. billion in implementing evidence-based practices in schools nationwide to support special education students, including increased resources for staffing and implementing diversified instructional practices.

Special Education 210

Special Education Schools Evaluation Attention 210

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

Coaching 340

Coaching Special Education Disabilities Communication 340

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 104

Culture Learning Instructors Discussions 104

Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Video For All Traditional teaching methods—such as standing in front of the classroom— often ignore students with special needs. And while people with learning and physical disabilities make up almost 20% of the US population , many teachers receive no special education training. Tips for Using Video In Class.

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Teaching Teaching Methods Lecturing Special Education 160

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

As Matthews, a special education teacher, went around the room and posed the questions to each of his students, one answered that he was feeling energetic. Hall also introduced Valley Day to the Sanctuary Model , a trauma-informed, evidence-based approach to organizational culture that has been adapted for schools.

Schools 217

Schools Disabilities Special Education Distance Learning 217

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Efforts to include all individuals, including those with disabilities in educational settings should prioritize specific measures to ensure their full participation in all activities.

Accessibility 98

Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Special Education. Special Education is, and will continue to be, the real X-factor in proficiency-based diploma work. Special Education is, and will continue to be, the real X-factor in proficiency-based diploma work.

Disabilities 136

Disabilities Language Languages Special Education 136

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Peterson-Ahmad, PhD, is an associate professor of special education at Texas Women’s University with a research concentration in teacher preparation, particularly for general and special education teachers of students with mild/moderate disabilities. References.

Feedback 120

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 120

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Support colleagues with disabilities.

Accessibility 70

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

An amalgam of service-learning, project-based, inquiry-driven, problem-based, place-based, and culture-based learning, the program aims to boost the independence of the individual learner. Special Education teacher Sean Arnold is serious about playful learning.

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Gamification Learning Learning Disabilities Students 133

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. At the intersection of analog and digital learning opportunities, the value of school libraries has increased at all levels of education.

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Schools Language Languages Reading 246

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

With Black students not even scoring half of the overall percentage, we’ve just gotten a sign to ring the alarm on equity in science education. This thread of inequity continues through other groups of students such as English Language Learners and Students with Disabilities. We are clearly not serving our Black students.

STEM 130

STEM Counselling Gamification Special Education 130

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Humanize to Optimize The main focus of humanized teaching is to apply learning science and culturally responsive teaching to the world of asynchronous online courses with the goal of creating an inclusive, equitable class climate for all students. Types and Purpose of Inquiry Inclusive Survey Question Cultural Inquiry.

Instructors 108

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 108

Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Humanize to Optimize The main focus of humanized teaching is to apply learning science and culturally responsive teaching to the world of asynchronous online courses with the goal of creating an inclusive, equitable class climate for all students. Types and Purpose of Inquiry Inclusive Survey Question Cultural Inquiry.

Instructors 106

Instructors Disabilities Culture Syllabus 106

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Peterson-Ahmad, PhD, is an associate professor of special education at Texas Women’s University with a research concentration in teacher preparation, particularly for general and special education teachers of students with mild/moderate disabilities. References.

Feedback 98

Feedback Reading Disabilities Assignments 98

Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2021

CDP courses might focus on topics such as classroom management, including how to supervise and work with assistant teachers; the use of technology in early education; inclusion and anti-racism practices; trauma-informed care; and practices to support dual language learners.

Education 155

Education Disabilities Language Languages 155

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

Learning 189

Learning Coaching Reading Science 189

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. 2022 will be the year of decision making for K-12 educators. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp. –Manan Khurma, Founder, Cuemath.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Language 363

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Despite the challenges faced in the field of education – and particularly special education – both students and staff have proven ourselves to be a resilient bunch. D, SVP, Special Education–Behavior, Specialized Education Services, Inc. that I feel optimistic about what’s to come. Diane Myers, Ph.

Gamification 360

Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 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. 2022 will be the year of decision making for K-12 educators. –Jason Carroll, Chief Product Officer, Texthelp. –Manan Khurma, Founder, Cuemath.

Hybrid Learning 306

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Language 306

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

It’s kind of a cultural moment where educators know what’s best for kids but then they’re sometimes prohibited from following those recommendations by either their school district policies or by state law. ” Despite those recommendations, he says, “many states have laws specifically prohibiting best practice.

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Confidentiality Schools Accessibility Disabilities 111

Elevate k12

JUNE 24, 2024

It’s an especially severe problem for specialist roles, as seen in the special education teacher shortage. The crisis in public education is widening student achievement gaps, causing a dangerous feedback loop that disproportionately affects Black students, low-income students , and students with special educational needs.

Education 52

Education Learning Styles Special Education Feedback 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Postsecondary education in America has historically been committed to inventing courses of study, educational programs, or even whole institutions dedicated to the needs and expectations of its society, peoples, and cultures (Community Colleges, n.d.).

Course Design 60

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 60

Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Postsecondary education in America has historically been committed to inventing courses of study, educational programs, or even whole institutions dedicated to the needs and expectations of its society, peoples, and cultures (Community Colleges, n.d.).

Course Design 58

Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 58

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Despite the challenges faced in the field of education – and particularly special education – both students and staff have proven ourselves to be a resilient bunch. D, SVP, Special Education–Behavior, Specialized Education Services, Inc. that I feel optimistic about what’s to come. Diane Myers, Ph.

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