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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

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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. Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills.

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Legal Risks and Obligations for Schools Using AI Tutors

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Constant content reviews ensure AI stays relevant to current medical knowledge. Compliance with Accessibility and Inclusion Laws Partners for Youth with Disabilities states that schools must ensure AI tutors are usable by students with disabilities. Laws like the ADA mandate equal access to digital educational content.

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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners

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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. Programs like New York City’s Battle of the Boroughs and the South Florida Showdown reframe esports as more than after-school entertainment.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

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The surveys included over 20 demographic questionscovering areas like housing, food security, disability status, and employmentfollowed by 1540 experience-based questions exploring academic confidence, mental health, study habits, and perceptions of inclusion. These were not standard end-of-semester evaluations.

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

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Build up foundational knowledge 4. Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. This foundational knowledge includes study skills. Table of Contents 1. Begin with a fresh start 2. Create personal relationships 3.

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Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete?

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Research indicates that students thrive in environments where teachers act as facilitators rather than mere dispensers of knowledge. You might find that engaging with peers not only reinforces your knowledge but also develops critical thinking skills. In this new paradigm, collaboration and critical thinking are essential.

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Federal judge blocks Trump’s Education Dept. shutdown, orders reinstatement of laid off staff

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For example, all of the attorneys from the agencys general counsel office who handle grants for K-12 schools and grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, had been fired. They argued that the gutting of the department rendered the agency incapable of performing many of its core functions required by Congress.

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