eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. Through the Leader in Me and an RTI2-B partnership with Vanderbilt University, the school is transforming its culture and addressing unrealistically high behavioral issues that inhibit learning. As part of the process, E.A.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

percent of total books), a person with a disability (3.4 However, since I built relationships with parents and earned their trust, I was able to teach a variety of books in my middle school including “Monster” by Walter Dean Myers and “The Afterlife” by Gary Soto. percent of total books), Asian/Asian American (8.7

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2015

Special education programs have been the target of legal challenges on the grounds of discrimination and racial bias, yet the study found that minority children are underdiagnosed across five disability conditions for which U.S. UCI-Penn State findings contradict prior research, public perception and federal legislation, policies.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” See also: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

A Challenge-Based Learning model pioneered by Apple is now helping teachers engage middle school students in deep learning through projects that combine developing questions, investigating scientific phenomena, and solving problems in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. There is a direct relationship between executive function development and the effectiveness of different types of learning activities.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

The necessary and rapid move to distance learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been disabling for our education system. At a macro level, disability organizations are finding ways to work together that would never have happened before the pandemic.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Seth Raphael was in middle school when the pandemic hit, sending millions of students from the classroom to Zoom practically overnight. As virtual schooling carried on from one month to the next, Seth and his friends found themselves facing a surprisingly common problem: being frequently late to Zoom class.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In addition, you cannot pay for middle school/intermediate teachers’ salaries and supplies out of the 58 percent, unless the class that the teacher teaches receives weighted funding, such as Career and Technical Education classes for Students with Disabilities (CTED).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

In recent decades, the number of students with disabilities who spend more than 80% of their time in general education classrooms has more than doubled, equating to nearly 65% of those students (National Center for Education Statistics, 2020). Unfortunately, academic outcomes for students with special needs have remained low year after year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

For example, Dr. Nicole Abera is the director of elementary and middle school programs at the Katherine Thomas School in Washington, D.C., Race, class, gender, ethnicity and disability interact to create overlapping and interdependent systems of disadvantage for students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

But schools are stretched thin for mental health staff, with as many as 100,000 more mental health professionals needed around the country. A school district in Virginia even constructed a middle school building with extra glass in the hopes that more natural light will serve as a palliative.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2020

When school psychologists reported that some students felt anxious about visiting new places that came with unfamiliar sensory experiences, the district purchased a 360-degree camera to create virtual tours of various locations — from the district’s middle school to the city’s downtown area.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2020

When school psychologists reported that some students felt anxious about visiting new places that came with unfamiliar sensory experiences, the district purchased a 360-degree camera to create virtual tours of various locations — from the district’s middle school to the city’s downtown area.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2018

What understanding learning differences can teach us about personalized learning For 35 years, Chartwell Middle School, near Monterey, Calif., According to Fusion attendee, Steve Henderson, Head of Lower and Middle School, the key is to understand and create learning spaces that work for the diverse needs of Chartwell’s student body.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2017

As part of the Mouse Design League , our team presented the project we created to help people with disabilities. Our team designed a project called “Locus,” a wearable device for individuals with nonverbal disabilities to help caregivers ensure the safety of their clients. Halsey Middle School. STEM From Dance.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

As a Black student in a predominantly white school, he says he excelled in his studies in elementary school. But after doing poorly on a math placement exam in middle school, he was placed in a math class for students with learning disabilities.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

As it turned out, Kevin was mostly non-verbal with emotional and learning disabilities. Sure, centers in elementary school made sense, but I wasn’t quite certain at first whether a middle school biology class could pull it off. Amanda Lotz is a life sciences teacher at at Southside Middle School in New Hampshire.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Dirkin says the group wanted the document to help school districts and educators think through the use of generative AI without defaulting to either extreme of banning it or allowing unrestricted use. There’s a myriad of questions that come weekly, and that’s growing,” Liabenow says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

So, What’s Alternative About Our School? I’m a ninth grade English teacher at Collier and all of my students are classified with a disability and have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) that qualifies them for special education services. Our motto: “Where small miracles happen everyday.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Furthermore, students with disabilities are sometimes unable to play a traditional instrument. Just as important, they’re building relationships essential to navigate those influential middle-school and high-school years. But the options are limited and can be expensive.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

There were complications in my birth, and so they've kind of always known, but it wasn't formally a learning disability until about 4th or 5th grade. You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? What worked for you? Let me know!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Alicia Sewell, a middle school teacher in Alabama, has made a job transition that’s essentially the opposite of the one Bass made. “Maybe we know it will support our students and our teachers, so we provide access to it—but that doesn’t mean we're going to provide that district-wide.” Technology doesn't replace the teacher.”

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. The experience blocked out any classroom distractions and made students feel as if they were actually in the environment they were exploring.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 12, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. The experience blocked out any classroom distractions and made students feel as if they were actually in the environment they were exploring.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. The experience blocked out any classroom distractions and made students feel as if they were actually in the environment they were exploring.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. The experience blocked out any classroom distractions and made students feel as if they were actually in the environment they were exploring.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 31, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. The experience blocked out any classroom distractions and made students feel as if they were actually in the environment they were exploring.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 31, 2020

Kade Drechsler, a middle school teacher at the school, tells EdTech that the immersive VR experience helped students stay focused and engaged during their lessons. The experience blocked out any classroom distractions and made students feel as if they were actually in the environment they were exploring.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2017

As professors begin to digitize their curriculum and develop videos for both face-to-face and distance education, these new resources need to be ADA compliant to meet the needs of students with IEPs and documented disabilities,” she says. The result? The benefits don’t stop there.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

Leigh Estabrooks has seen students in New York City invent a tool that will prevent fires from igniting on the city’s subway tracks and students in North Carolina create a system that helps farmers identify disabilities in their livestock. How many middle school and high school students actually say that they're inventors?

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2016

This will allow them to increase food production, serve more people at events and begin a mentoring program for middle-school students. Iroquois High School, Louisville, Ky. — $25,000: Students will complete the second phase of an outdoor amphitheater project by adding a stage, walking path, roof, sign and enhanced landscaping.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The researcher would not disclose which middle school she worked with to conduct the research. The team at KSU has submitted their paper to the Research in Middle Level Education Online journal and is currently waiting on a response. Muse in More Schools KSU isn’t the only school taking a look at Muse in a middle school setting.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

Or even, “How might we create a playground space for disabled students?” For many people, failure equals disaster,” says Amy Raney, middle school learning specialist at Good Shepherd Episcopal. Problems take the form of a question such as, “How might we design a classroom habitat for plants and animals to co-exist?”

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

When school psychologists reported that some students felt anxious about visiting new places that came with unfamiliar sensory experiences, the district purchased a 360-degree camera to create virtual tours of various locations — from the district’s middle school to the city’s downtown area.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2020

When school psychologists reported that some students felt anxious about visiting new places that came with unfamiliar sensory experiences, the district purchased a 360-degree camera to create virtual tours of various locations — from the district’s middle school to the city’s downtown area.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 15, 2020

When school psychologists reported that some students felt anxious about visiting new places that came with unfamiliar sensory experiences, the district purchased a 360-degree camera to create virtual tours of various locations — from the district’s middle school to the city’s downtown area.

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