Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

And that’s been my experience the past few years as I’m learning to love and embrace myself.” In 2023, Gethard co-founded Laughing Together, a program based on research that comedy can be an effective tool for students’ social-emotional learning and social connection with their peers. And then I tried one, and I actually love ’em.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 30, 2025

Department of Education found that only 20 states fully met IDEA requirements , while the rest required assistance or intervention, often due to systemic noncompliance ( Disability Scoop ). Lessons are personalized to support individual learning needs and backed by structured documentation. In 2024, the U.S. It works alongside them.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

Today, the focus is on streamlining through an equity lens, says Grace Magley, director of digital and personalized learning. Major tools go through a year-long pilot, with teacher feedback, training and student learning data collected in a standardized worksheet. If students arent engaged, it doesnt matter how much we paid for it.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

As adults, we’ve learned that life can throw curveballs, and sometimes, we’ve to push ourselves to overcome the challenges that lie ahead. Talk about how famous people like Albert Einstein, Whoopi Goldberg, and John Lennon all had learning disabilities but overcame them with hard work and dedication and still made history.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

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. We learned that’s not true,”Tilley said.) Don’t try to stay awake. “We

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k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

But today, artificial intelligence (AI) is introducing a new dimension: predictive learning, behavioural analytics, and cultural simulation. Smart Classrooms for Global Citizens In elite institutions and executive training rooms, personalised learning is the new gold standard. This is why AI must remain a tool , not a tutor.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

But today, artificial intelligence (AI) is introducing a new dimension: predictive learning, behavioural analytics, and cultural simulation. Smart Classrooms for Global Citizens In elite institutions and executive training rooms, personalised learning is the new gold standard. This is why AI must remain a tool , not a tutor.

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Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

This new framework highlights how AI can be a powerful ally for teachers, helping to streamline tasks and enrich the learning experience. The DfE, in collaboration with the Chartered College of Teaching and Chiltern Learning Trust, has not only provided a roadmap but also the tools to navigate this new terrain.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning. Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. Find new ways to assess learning 5. Build a learning team 11.

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The Applicious Teacher

MAY 25, 2025

I’ve made tons of mistakes, but also learned a thing or two that’s working for me AND my students. This is the “multi-sensory” part of the program that makes it work so well for students with learning disabilities like Dyslexia. My district purchased cookie trays at The Dollar Tree.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

As students increasingly seek flexible and interactive learning experiences, the conventional approach may not meet their needs any longer. What innovations might redefine the learning environment? Data indicates that online learning offers flexibility that traditional classrooms often can’t match. A study from the U.S.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Legal obligations, such as ensuring appropriate services for students with disabilities or English learners, remain intact. Special Education Compliance: Still Law, Now Less Clear The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) remains intact. But the mechanisms to fund those obligations are increasingly unstable.

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k12 Prospects

MAY 22, 2025

Special Funding Programs: Some districts receive targeted funding for STEM education, career and technical programs, and digital learning initiatives. IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) Funding: Supports special education programs and resources.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

These standards promote academic excellence, critical thinking, and a learning environment that empowers all military-connected students to excel. Reading restrictions could impair their critical thinking skills and what they learn about different communities. The plaintiffs paint another picture of DoDEA.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Coming back from winter break can be challenging, but starting with elementary goal-setting activities can help get everyone back into learning mode. It’s the perfect way to ease your students back into learning after winter break. Students can also add to their vision boards whenever inspiration strikes!

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2025

The White Houses order emphasized its desire to use AI to boost learning across the country , opening discretionary federal grant money for training educators and also signaling a federal interest in teaching the technology in K-12 schools. Learn more about EdSurge ethics and policies here and supporters here.)

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

ProPublica reported that under Trump the Office for Civil Rights has dropped ongoing investigations into serious racial bullying and mistreatment of students with disabilities and abandoned agreements that required school districts to change how they treated Native students. And the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Experts in education policy and school discipline told EdSurge that the executive order, vague on details, goes against evidence that discipline is unequally applied to Black students, and that alternatives to removing students from school are actually best for learning. I'm not seeing how this executive order supports that work at all.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2025

There was also a settlement with the Pasco County School District in Florida that had allegedly discriminated against students with disabilities using a predictive policing program that accessed student records.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2025

Children enrolled in Head Start receive more access to comprehensive care, including annual physicals, trips to the dentist, disability testing and an overall focus on nutritional services. Through the experience, shes learned the value of her story that she is her childrens biggest supporter and advocate. Kennedy Jr.s

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

Schools asked Leibson to write essays about her son’s “learning style” — before he could even talk — and demanded specific details about Leibson’s connection to families already attending those programs, such as listing out the last time she saw them and what they did together. Board of Education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

Students with disabilities tend to show greater learning losses over the summer, and at times grow at academically higher rates than peers without disabilities, according to a new study showing detailed insight on academic growth among students with disabilities. Disability category was not available at the student-level.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2024

Recent data shows students with disabilities miss substantially more school compared to their peers. In Minneapolis Public Schools, for example, rates of chronic absenteeism among students with disabilities rose from 29 percent in 2019 to 53 percent in 2022. This blueprint has three integral sections: 1.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

While this is true for all students, including those who are neurotypical, neurodiverse, or disabled, back-to-school anxiety can be particularly pronounced among those who worry about fitting in or being accepted by their peers. Empathy is a critical skill that extends beyond the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2021

Schools and districts are poised to receive an influx of federal dollars that should support students with disabilities and make equity a priority, ensuring that outdated and ineffective special education systems are updated and held to high-quality standards, according to a new report from the Center for Learner Equity.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In my last blog, I focused on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principle of engagement. I highlighted how blended learning can help educators more effectively provide multiple means of engagement to increase student motivation and ensure all students can successfully engage with learning experiences. Representation.

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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. There is often a tension created by the pressure put on teachers to cover content with the student-centered approach to learning described by UDL and blended learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The IDEA act also guarantees that students with disabilities have the right to engage in the Least Restrictive Learning Environment (LRE) that best meets their individual needs. The LRE ensures that students under IDEA are offered equitable access to education alongside their non-disabled peers.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2022

Students at Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction have donned the role of architects, designing a one-bedroom apartment for their “clients” at P.S. 138M , a District 75 school serving children with moderate to severe disabilities. At the School of Design and Construction, students learn design and architecture skills.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2024

I went to my eye doctor and learned I was suffering from a retinal detachment that required surgery. Today, I’m a doctoral candidate in the education leadership program at Rowan University, with a focus on students with disabilities. According to my doctors, there was a considerable chance I could go blind if it was left untreated.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2021

In 2020, students, teachers, and parents made an extraordinary pivot to distance learning with no preparation at all. Now, we’re at a point where students, parents, and teachers all deserve to sustain those investments and the skills that they’ve built over time in order to reach one another and continue the learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Teachers often tell us they don’t feel prepared to address bullying issues at school, especially those complicated cases involving at-risk youth or kids with disabilities,” said Chad Rose, an associate professor in the MU College of Education and Human Development.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

To facilitate effective teaching and learning, modern schools must equip every classroom with interactive touchscreens and utilize gamification techniques. Understanding the Basics of Gamification in Education Gamification means adding interactive gaming elements to processes such as learning. Finally, gamification is more fun.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2022

While it is now clear that the pandemic has had a significant impact on student learning – especially for historically underserved students – we are still discovering the most effective ways to help students recover. Recent findings from NWEA’s research team show the power of summer learning in changing academic trajectories for students.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2025

Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according to a recent analysis, but both traditional public and charter schools have a long way to go to provide equal opportunities for those students — which they have the right to receive.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2023

It can deliver greater immersive learning for students while also creating some new and exciting teaching opportunities. For educators, it is crucial to not only understand what the metaverse is and its uses within education but to also realize the benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on student engagement and online or hybrid learning strategies related to pandemic teaching. This year’s 4th most-read story focuses on some learning strategies that have staying power. Here are five more learning strategies that are here to say: 1.

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