Disabilities, Language and Teaching

Supporting delayed readers: Strategies for success

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Common issues include deficits in phonological awareness (Kilpatrick, 2015), limited exposure to language-rich environments, and instructional mismatches. Intensive interventions for students with reading disabilities: Meaningful impacts. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 30(2), 7378.

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3 keys to teaching students with dyslexia to read

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2020

This presents a major problem for students with dyslexia who need specialized help to learn how to read—and for educators who need to play catch up once they realize 20 percent of their students likely have a language-based learning disability. Related content: My tech essentials for students with dyslexia.

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Recognize that disability is often defined by the environment in which an individual exists.

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.

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The secret to good teaching? Teamwork

eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It was with great trepidation — knowing that I could not live up to this model but wanting to do my best — that I took my job teaching social studies at a small public high school in the Bronx. They need school staff who speak the home languages of the students and teachers who reflect the students’ ethnic, religious, and racial backgrounds.

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Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Different learners enjoy engaging with information in different formats, and some learners have sensory or perceptual disabilities that make it challenging to interact with information presented in traditional print formats. Language and Symbols. Representation. Perception. All learners must be able to perceive important information.

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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented. This is not unusual.

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7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

With better feedback mechanisms and more support, teachers could adjust their lesson plans, teach in near-real time, and deliver the help when it’s needed – without slowing down or backtracking the entire class to help the small group of students struggling with that day’s lesson.

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Helping students with autism navigate a socially distanced classroom

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While many educators and students are returning to the familiar classrooms left abruptly in March, teaching this upcoming year will be anything but business as usual. Related content: Strategies for teaching students with autism.

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Could coding count as a foreign language?

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Florida Senate votes to consider coding a foreign language for graduation requirements. State senators in Florida overwhelmingly approved a proposal to allow high school students to count computer coding as a foreign language course, although questions linger about whether the two subjects should be considered one and the same.

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How Monolingual Teachers Can Support English Language Acquisition for Multilingual Learners

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

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. It’s so important that Esther spoke up about this.

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AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. 20k+ per year).

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Teaching Bilingual Learners in Rural Schools

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

We are the only school in the region who started a dual language program,” said Rossina Sandoval, Southwest DuBois County School District’s director of community engagement, in an interview with the Daily Yonder. That has proven to be the most effective way to develop language skills,” she said.

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

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

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.

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Managing rising student needs under IDEA

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

This increase–driven by improved identification and diagnosis, heightened awareness, advocacy, and broader definitions of disabilities–presents substantial challenges for school districts. million over the past decade.

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Debunking myths and supporting older struggling readers

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

Decades of research have shown that effective readers have a solid and automatic knowledge of how to translate the sounds of our language to the print that represents those sounds. When educators know how to identify a student with a learning or language disability, they can act immediately to begin remediation.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts.

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How to ensure digital equity in online testing

eSchool News

JULY 6, 2022

The differences were quite pronounced, equating to about five months of learning in math and 11 months—more than a full school year—in English language arts. Students from low-income families, those with disabilities, and English language learners were disproportionately affected.

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So you think you understand UDL?

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) renewed our national focus on the least-restrictive environment. We began providing accommodations through differentiated instruction and teachers figured out what to change or modify to accommodate “disabled” learners.

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A virtual reality, AI-boosted system helps students with autism improve social skills

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day. Right now, the closest we can come to that is training peers.

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The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, educators across the country and around the world have been tasked with shifting to emergency remote teaching—a move from in-person to remote classes made necessary by pressing circumstances. With this rapid push to remote teaching, educators may be jumping into the use of digital technologies too fast.

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Is generative AI a beacon for more accessible education?

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

On top of this, only one-third (33 percent) of surveyed educators feel that they have the support they need from their district and school leadership to successfully implement generative AI into their teaching.

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3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. Burnout is one of the leading causes of workforce shortages in U.S.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 new products, teaching strategies, and learning initiatives

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

Back-to-school is getting closer and closer, and as it approaches, stakeholders and ed-tech vendors are working to create research and products that identify educational needs and truly improve teaching and learning in the classroom. The short answer: It takes a lot, but companies and researchers are up to the challenge.

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Understanding dyslexia: Why early diagnosis and intervention matter

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Educators assured me that his needs were being met with a 12-week Reading Recovery program based on the “whole language” approach. Eventually, I felt I had no choice but to finally take my son for a thorough evaluation that revealed not only ADHD but also dyslexia and dysgraphia, a writing-related learning disability.

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5 ways to support students’ access to diverse books

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

Having access to diverse texts helps children expand their vocabularies, deepens their understanding of language, provides opportunities for problem-solving, provides critical affirming experiences to students’ lives, and presents opportunities for students to learn about people with different lived experiences. percent of total books).

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In Wyoming, enhancing AI-human collaboration in IEP development

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The first complex challenge the UW College of Education will use AI-human collaboration to tackle is co-creating and co-evaluating Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for students with disabilities in Wyoming and beyond. Serving as the cornerstone of special education ( Yell et al., under review ).

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How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Here’s an interesting piece from Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Jane Sandwood, on the explosion of wearable technology and its place in the education ecosystem: How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. Overcoming Disabilities. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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District leaders express gratitude for special education staff

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Never once did [my daughter] feel embarrassed or feel afraid about her disability. At the same time, education leaders at the state and local levels report they are short staffed. Schwinn’s daughter also has an IEP, and she praised her daughter’s therapist for helping her daughter make gains without ever making her feel different.

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How to support older struggling readers

eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Decades of research have shown that effective readers have a solid and automatic knowledge of how to translate the sounds of our language to the print that represents those sounds. When educators know how to identify a student with a learning or language disability, they can act immediately to begin remediation.

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

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

. – 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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3 steps for bridging the equity divide in classrooms

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

As the sixth-largest school district in the country, serving over 275,000 public and public charter school students, BCPS boasts an extremely diverse student population representing over 200 countries and over 190 languages.

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Dear parents: 3 ways AI will show up in your child’s classroom this year

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

We can’t speak for every educator, but we can share just a little bit about some of the key ways we’ve already seen AI leveraged by teachers to better engage and teach students: Integrating visual learning: Today’s students live in a visual world. Leveraging a virtual teaching assistant: Teachers have a big job to do.

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Moving beyond transparency to accessibility and awareness

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

Though the students provide specific recommendations for changes to student policies or additions to improve the teaching and learning process, recently, many of the recommendations raised by students are more related to how materials are presented. We are regularly told to avoid jargon and put materials into accessible language.

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Students using AI: It’s not that scary and shouldn’t be banned

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

AI is unreliable and bias-laden While it’s true that AI models can perpetuate biases or produce incorrect information, these limitations present teaching opportunities. For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools support students with disabilities, while language models assist non-native English speakers.

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5 ways we develop SEL in our students

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

was first spoken during the height of gang wars in Los Angeles, when I was a new speech language pathologist in the Los Angeles Unified School District. More than 30 years later, I now work at a 700-student elementary school in Washington state and I have a caseload of 50 students consisting of varying disabilities.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 4, 2022

This is considered ‘deficit thinking,’ or thinking that defines a diagnosis by its challenges, in order to treat, fix, or minimize specific features of a student’s disability. My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts.

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Computer science education sees more investment, but access gaps linger

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

37 percent of middle schools offer computer science (this percentage is based off data received from 68 percent of middle schools–the actual number of schools teaching may be higher) Participation in foundational computer science In the past year, 6.4

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Forget Memorization: Here's Why Language Class Should Focus on Excitement Instead

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. Taking Things Despacio.

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3 innovative communication tips for students with autism

eSchool News

MAY 3, 2017

CCC-SLP, associate professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Communication Enhancement and the Autism Language Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, discussed some innovative communication tips for students with autism. In “ Communication Innovations for Individuals with Autism ,” Howard C. Shane, Ph.D., Shane, Ph.D.,

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 13, 2023

“A disability may be the result of combinations of impairments and environmental barriers , such as attitudinal barriers, inaccessible information, an inaccessible built environment or other barriers that affect people’s full participation in society [i].” of Australian undergraduate students reported having a learning disability.

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A tale of two pilots

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Here are two case studies of how carefully planned and executed pilots helped districts make informed choices—and improve teaching and learning. Becky Oristaglio, Speech and Language Pathologist. Listen and Learn. Central Falls School District, Rhode Island.

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Transitioning to a workload approach in K-12 special education

eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, a speech and language pathologist (SLP) may appear to have a manageable caseload of 50 students. Key points: Transitioning to a workload approach offers room for more effective and personalized support See article: Is the ‘Growing Your Own’ pipeline working for special ed teachers?

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Supporting delayed readers: Strategies for success

3 keys to teaching students with dyslexia to read

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

The secret to good teaching? Teamwork

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching

Helping students with autism navigate a socially distanced classroom

Could coding count as a foreign language?

How Monolingual Teachers Can Support English Language Acquisition for Multilingual Learners

AI is the solution to costly and ineffective dyslexia programs

Teaching Bilingual Learners in Rural Schools

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

Managing rising student needs under IDEA

Debunking myths and supporting older struggling readers

Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

How to ensure digital equity in online testing

So you think you understand UDL?

A virtual reality, AI-boosted system helps students with autism improve social skills

The 3 Biggest Remote Teaching Concerns We Need to Solve Now

Is generative AI a beacon for more accessible education?

3 ways telepractice helps combat burnout in special education

Marketplace trend update: 6 new products, teaching strategies, and learning initiatives

Understanding dyslexia: Why early diagnosis and intervention matter

5 ways to support students’ access to diverse books

In Wyoming, enhancing AI-human collaboration in IEP development

How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities

District leaders express gratitude for special education staff

How to support older struggling readers

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

3 steps for bridging the equity divide in classrooms

Dear parents: 3 ways AI will show up in your child’s classroom this year

Moving beyond transparency to accessibility and awareness

Students using AI: It’s not that scary and shouldn’t be banned

5 ways we develop SEL in our students

Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Computer science education sees more investment, but access gaps linger

Forget Memorization: Here's Why Language Class Should Focus on Excitement Instead

3 innovative communication tips for students with autism

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

A tale of two pilots

Transitioning to a workload approach in K-12 special education

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