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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.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

“I talked to an elementary school teacher at a Boston meetup, and she put together a whole personalized learning system for grades K-3. But when I asked her what would happen after the kids left her school and went to the middle school, she shrugged her shoulders.” It was so impressive,” explains Principe.

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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? You have to do it differently. Let me know!

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JULY 31, 2019

The journey begins with empathy work—an opportunity for understanding the needs and motivations of a group of people (i.e., 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.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

That’s the premise of the Flex Program being piloted by Susannah Johnson in Honolulu, Hawaii, which seeks to leverage the intrinsic motivation of students to build the necessary skills for success in school and beyond. Put your students in the driver’s seat: When students drive learning, they can do much more than we may realize.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

. –Peter Evans, CEO, Xtract One Technologies This school year we will see a continued focus on nurturing 21st century skills in the classroom. The COVID effect has impacted students’ communication, critical thinking, and motivation.

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MAY 9, 2017

When you do it right, it's a more motivating environment. They forget they're in school. I did a two-week intersession course last semester where we built out a piece of technology for a neighboring middle school for kids with severe physical disabilities. This part comes naturally for students when they’re making.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In general, when it comes to lifting student participation rates broadly, it’s a common misconception that youth aren’t motivated, Jung says. Youth are motivated to participate , she says. Khan says that he hopes it will motivate students to become engaged. Still, the path was winding and not limited to school.

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JANUARY 23, 2023

There's a range and a variation [of chronic absence] by ethnicity, and you see higher levels for kids who are affected by or have a disability. It can affect your middle school achievement, and it actually gets connected to an increase in suspensions or behavioral challenges.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

But teachers have to be careful because what you often see as well—and what I see when I go all over the country and talk to parents about their frustrations—is that kids get into middle school, and the school-issued devices are coming home and the homework assignment is online, and the kids are doing their homework with 20 different tabs open.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A bias incident is defined as any hostile expression that may be motivated by another person’s race, color, disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or gender identity. The hate, violence and racism we are seeing, increasingly, in our schools mirror what is happening more broadly in our society.

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JANUARY 1, 2025

Audiobooks bring a range of benefits, from expanding vocabulary and strengthening reading fluency to supporting learners with disabilities. As such, middle school will remain a pivotal time to spark curiosity and initiate career exploration as students begin to discover their passions and see whats possible for their futures.

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