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How we turned around our English language learner (ELL) program

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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. Some were students with learning disabilities. Related: Teachers: English learners need resources, support.

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Flipped learning is changing the face of special ed

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Flipped learning and one-to-one are a powerful combo for some populations. 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both. If schools are to meet the learning needs of every student, including those with disabilities, then “we have to think differently about how we provide instruction,” Hill said.

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How Monolingual Teachers Can Support English Language Acquisition for Multilingual Learners

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Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers.

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Think Through Math adds geometry to interactive math system

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Available to students from school and home, Think Through Math’s adaptive learning technology addresses the unique learning needs of every student including English Language Learners (ELL) and those with advanced math aptitude and learning disabilities. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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With Rising Concerns About Dyslexia in Young Learners, Riverside Insights Introduces First-of-its Kind Playbook to Streamline Evaluations

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. – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused on streamlining the evaluation of dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affecting 20% of the population.

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HEARBUILDER Online Foundational Literacy Program Builds Basic Skills in Young Students

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HearBuilder is used in Preschool and Elementary School, Response to Intervention (RTI), Title 1, English language learner, Head Start, and Homeschool settings. Not only can you monitor progress, it lets you increase and decrease difficulties of the activities within the program. It was founded in 1986 by Sharon and Thomas Webber.

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Editor’s Picks 2015, No. seven: Flipped learning is changing the face of special ed

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No longer a new concept, early flipped learning adoptees are now starting to transform the model to suit their needs and into something that can be useful for instructing a variety of student populations, including those students with special needs. 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both.