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Fully Seen and Fully Known: Teaching that Affirms Disability

Cult of Pedagogy

Over the past few decades, significant strides have been made in the field of special education to make every classroom a place where students, regardless of ability or disability, can reach their full potential. While these efforts have succeeded in improving access, they still position disabled students as lacking in some way.

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

eSchool News

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. We adjusted our resources, and this year, 96 percent of K-5 students met typical growth in English language arts.

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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners

Edsurge

Programs like this open new doors for students who don’t always see themselves represented in traditional extracurriculars, especially girls, multilingual learners and students with disabilities. Confidence: English Language learners improve through hands-on projects. Collaboration: Teams build shared purpose and community.

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How K-12 Districts Can Navigate Compliance, Staffing, and Instructional Risk in 2025

Elevate k12

In many districts, the programs at risk are the same ones that support compliance with federal education laws: Title III-supported English language services, Special Education instruction, and after-school accommodations often written into IEPs. But the mechanisms to fund those obligations are increasingly unstable.

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Meaningful Vision Board Ideas for Students + Tips for Creating Them

Teachers Pay Teachers

Vision Board Student Workbook By Danielle Knight Grades: 4th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Students will create a 15×20 vision board using this eight-section guide. Once all the pages are complete, students can use the information to create a vision board. You could also create one large class vision board on your bulletin board.

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Trump moved fast and broke things in education–but what he’s creating isn’t clear

eSchool News

In this vein, his executive orders have targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives , restorative justice programs , curriculum that suggests the United States has racist origins , and especially protections for transgender students. Teachers walk a line as Trump targets DEI Trump promised to get “woke” out of American schools.

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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

I understand the pressure teachers feel to cover the standards and move through their curriculum. The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented. Teachers want all students to be successful.