eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. schools collectively spend over $120 billion a year on special education. 15 The largest category is learning disabilities, mainly dyslexia. 16 Reading difficulties also occur across other disabilities such as autism and ADHD.

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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? Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone. If possible, teachers and professors should use multiple modes of conveying information (video, audio, text slides, etc.)

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? What worked for you?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

As it turned out, Kevin was mostly non-verbal with emotional and learning disabilities. Centered Learning Since starting college, I’ve wanted to develop a classroom that ran entirely by learning centers. You must be Kevin,” I said with a smile. Kevin didn’t look at me.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

And while not everyone agrees on an exact definition of this umbrella term, it’s frequently used to describe people who are on the autism spectrum, people with learning disabilities, and people with attention differences like ADD and ADHD, among others. It’s things like dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While any instruction planning is a form of design, librarians for elementary school audiences, for example, must diligently design engaging storytime lessons to help prompt students to develop listening and literacy skills. Specifically, school librarians have found novel ways to connect with students of diverse achievement levels.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2020

“School” has become almost unrecognizable. 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.

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