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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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).

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2024

You can understand someone else's culture, what they celebrate, what they honor and what they believe in, without personally asking. Are they culturally relevant for our kids? We also want them to be able to take that deep knowledge of learning into other aspects of their life and be ready for the future.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

Programs that help establish community support and participation include “Fuertes Together,” a partnership with the public library where families can hear stories in Spanish and English and engage with cultural music, dance and art. In my first grade classroom I only had one classmate that was bilingual.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Tract makes this process intuitive, easy, and satisfying: “The engagement levels are so high, even amongst some of my most challenging students and those who have learning disabilities…we are now going to be doing Tract Tuesday – our version of 20% Time, where their program can be dedicated to Tract for half of the day.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Additionally, adapting management techniques to address the diverse needs of students, including those with learning disabilities or behavioral challenges, can pose significant challenges. These consequences should be fair, proportionate, and communicated in advance to ensure transparency and accountability.

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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. With each student following a self-designed curriculum plan, there’s a palpable sense of ownership in the learning that takes place.

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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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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. As a teacher of world language, I want my students to realize that you don’t have to learn Spanish by studying verb conjugations out of a textbook every day.

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Language Languages Culture Learning Disabilities 123

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? Rebecca Koenig & Stephen Noonoo (March 16, 2020) How do you talk to kids about distance learning? Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone.

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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. Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2019

It also means that you always keep learning about adaptive teaching strategies. You get to know what students from different parts of the world are learning. I pick up youtube videos to explain a concept to one of my students but I try to contextualize it for them – according to their country, cultural, and socio-economic backgrounds.

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Learning Styles Learning Disabilities English Disabilities 98

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

We're talking about children with specific learning disabilities and diverse learners, ethnic and racial minorities, children who are serviced in therapeutic settings, alternative environments, correctional facilities. Who does SEL leave behind? What kind of students just aren't being taken into account in these kind of programs?

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Learning Disabilities Intelligence Learning Disabilities 168

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

You can learn the way your teacher teaches you. 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. How do teachers respond to this? That's a really interesting question.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2023

So for me, seeing what was going on with the culture wars and seeing all these teachers leaving after the pandemic, I felt like if any time is the right time to do this, it's now. No one noticed that I had a learning disability. I've always had a heart of service. When I was a kid, I was a Girl Scout.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

It makes sense to me why students wouldn’t want to disclose their challenges, particularly when they could not be assured that it would actually help them in their learning any better than trying to go it alone. When it comes to deadlines for assignments, my approach varies widely.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

In a meta-analysis on the use of AI chatbots in education, Wu and Yu (2023) found that AI chatbots can significantly improve learning outcomes, specifically in the areas of learning performance, motivation, self-efficacy, interest, and perceived value of learning. Need to prove their knowledge to you in another way (e.g.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

My organization is one, but I see them a lot, especially the Ark in DC, the National Center for Learning Disabilities, as well as one of them. I have seen incredible organizations really take a stand and then say hey, we. Have you and we have your families? They’re going to feel like you’ve been doing the work alone.

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Special Education Communication Education Disabilities 141

EAB

APRIL 24, 2023

Your value proposition could be your standout corporate partnerships, student outcomes, services to support graduate students , or a unique aspect of your institutional culture. Intentionally and transparently communicating culture through email should be an essential goal when these offices construct their communication plans.”

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

In a meta-analysis on the use of AI chatbots in education, Wu and Yu (2023) found that AI chatbots can significantly improve learning outcomes, specifically in the areas of learning performance, motivation, self-efficacy, interest, and perceived value of learning. Need to prove their knowledge to you in another way (e.g.,

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Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 98

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

Such experiences foster cultural empathy and teamwork skills as naturally as any physical lab. Adaptive platforms create personalized learning journeys, ensuring mastery over memorization. Global classrooms build cultural empathy, turning international diversity into a learning asset. Social events add sparkle.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 22, 2025

These clubs connect students from different parts of the world, allowing them to collaborate on projects, share ideas, and explore interests together, whether its coding, art, debate, or even cultural exchange. Learning that is joyful, engaging, and personalized is not only more effectiveit is more enduring.

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Lab to Class

JANUARY 3, 2024

Some cultures may choose to start around age 3 such as in China, Germany, or the United States, others tend to begin around age 4 or 5 such as the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, or Australia while still others don’t begin until 6 or even 7 years old such as Finland, Sweden and Estonia. ” Journal of Learning Disabilities, vol.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2024

“If we were to add another layer, it’s that cultural variable,” Olvera says. Dealing with children that may be from Central America, South America, Asia, and understanding how that culture also comes into play with your assessments. What if there’s items on the assessment that are not familiar with the kid’s culture?

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English Languages Language Disabilities 181

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

The only person I have seen that had the ability change this type of climate and culture was Joe Clark, or Morgan Freeman in that movie, ‘Lean On Me,’” says Brownlee. He believes changes in academic performance can happen in a struggling school like Fisher but says he has only seen it happen in the movies.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In my district, we brought students back to our buildings in phases this fall, with our most fragile students—students without internet access and students with learning disabilities, among others—returning first. Virtual learning has become an exciting new option for our students. “School” has become almost unrecognizable.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2025

This helps to break down stereotypes and promote a more inclusive and supportive learning environment where students who identify with these characters feel seen. Common misconceptions and a lack of awareness about autism and other learning disabilities can significantly hinder children in the classroom.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

We're at a political and cultural moment when people are thinking a lot about their filter bubbles, and how they're getting information—and sometimes misinformation—online. A lot of these edech algorithms don't seem to think about things like learning disabilities or cultural differences. I we should protect our children.

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