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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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Supporting delayed readers: Strategies for success

eSchool News

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

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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Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

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

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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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

eSchool News

Asian and white students are much more likely to complete one of the math and English pathways, considered the college-prep route, while Native students, English learners, and students with disabilities are more likely to have no graduation pathway. For more on college and career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub.

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Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

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.