eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Its also an increasingly important aspect as studies, like one from the International Journal of Developmental Disabilities , show that inadequate support negatively impacts students mental health, physical health, and overall quality of life. This approach fosters environments where all students can learn and grow together.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Today, a staggering nearly one in 10 children have a developmental disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). To meet the demands and needs of these neurodiverse students, school districts are on the hunt for special education professionals.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2022

The pandemic brought special education to the forefront of the dialogue about education, with the media focus mainly directed at sharing stories of students separated from the in-school supports that they had come to rely upon, and parents struggling to plug the gaps. Setting Standards for Virtual Schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2024

After my second surgery, I took a semester off from school to recover and to adjust to my new normal. I could no longer drive so my mom or dad needed to get me to school. Today, I’m a doctoral candidate in the education leadership program at Rowan University, with a focus on students with disabilities. I was devastated.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Authored by Fernanda Pérez Perez, a recipient of The Blaschke Fellowship, the report explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance educational accessibility and support for students, particularly those with disabilities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But there’s a similar learning disability that is holding back the achievement of students in mathematics, and it’s much less widely known. As with reading disabilities, early identification can lead to timely and effective support, reducing students’ long-term struggles with math and boosting educational outcomes.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

When Joann Blumenfeld, an educator with the Wake County Public School System, looks at her students, she doesn’t see disabilities — she sees superpowers. “We Blumenfeld was recognized as a TIME Innovative Teacher of the Year, presented by Verizon, for her work getting students with disabilities into high-paying STEM careers.

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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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

million students received special education services as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Even before the pandemic hit, there were signs that serious trouble was brewing for students with disabilities. In early 2020, 7.3

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lunch hours are spent hunched over smartphones, and after-school time means less sports and more Snapchat. At Spokane Public Schools (SPS), educators and administrators are reversing the side effects of social media by re-connecting with students through school-based extracurricular activities. A lot of them wanted an art club.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

It can range from refusing to do work, crying, hiding in the bathroom, and verbal aggression to physical behavior like flipping tables and desks or hitting school staff. Some students avoid school on test days, and many suffer from symptoms such as stomachaches or headaches. However, testing anxiety affects students of all ages.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Over the last 30 years, federal laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) opened the door for more students with disabilities to enroll in college. Surprisingly, only one-third of students with disabilities reported it to their institution (NCES, 2022). Most common accommodations by students with disabilities.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2019

There are four lies/misconceptions about struggling readers that have become embedded in school systems, said Terrie Noland, vice president of educator initiatives at Learning Ally, during a recent edWebinar. School leaders are just following along and are starting to believe them.” 4 lies we are told about struggling readers.

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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. million over the past decade. In fact, only 23 states and territories met IDEA requirements in 2023.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

Like Jacob, many students with disabilities are forced to work extra, advocates argue. It updated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that requires state and local governments to supply equal opportunity — including in services like public schools, community colleges and public universities — for people with disabilities.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Often, the role of ad hoc interpreter falls to the child–everything from information-sharing and school policies to interpreting for their own parent-teacher conference. I think schools very much overestimate how effectively they are communicating,” says Helen Sweeney, a parent of four and certified interpreter.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Especially since the pandemic, teachers have been encouraged to build rapport with their students as schools have placed greater focus on social and emotional learning (SEL). Students with disabilities often require more frequent check-ins. They have some challenge that interferes with how they learn, and that makes school difficult.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2019

One of the benefits of kids seeing these films in school, versus on their own, is that teachers can help guide and facilitate conversations about these issues. Here are 10 movies for the middle school classroom that support students’ social and emotional learning: 1. Inside Out. Self-Control, Teamwork, Empathy, Integrity.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

school districts in 2023 –more than double the 45 attacked in 2022. Just as the 2024 school year was about to start, a ransomware attack shut down some schools in the United States and Great Britain, including 34 schools serving 17,000 students in the Seattle area. Ransomware attacks alone targeted 108 U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The most common of all neuro-cognitive disorders, dyslexia impacts about 20 percent of the US population and represents 80-90 percent percent of all individuals who have learning disabilities. Early identification has been found to be essential in helping students succeed in school and later in life.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2023

PRWEB) — Sourcewell , a trusted advisor to education leaders, announces that North Star Central Elementary School in Boswell, Pennsylvania—home to more than 350 pre-K–4 students—is seeing significant growth in students’ math scores, despite national trends. “At PAUL, MINN.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2021

Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, some parents of children enrolled in public schools have made, or are considering making, moves to alternative modes of education. Much of this stems from the disruption of the pandemic and the flexibility that private schools had to bring students back to the classroom. In March 2021, the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

In a recent edWebinar , Aimee Dearmon, Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) and Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), says the disruption of routines, schedules, classroom layouts, and necessary social distancing protocols will be very difficult for our most vulnerable students with autism and other developmental disabilities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. Schools are wary about dyslexia screening for their own reasons: Schools do not have the resources to provide special services to more students if screening identifies additional at-risk readers (see Cost below). 20k+ per year).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By focusing on building strong school-home connections, we’re not only improving attendance rates, but also driving improved student outcomes across the board. During the height of the pandemic, our school sites were overwhelmed. The following year, we hit 93.15 percent–an improvement of over 1.5 percentage points.

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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. Office of Special Education Programs has awarded a five-year, $2.5

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2021

No matter age or ability, it’s critical that schools make inclusivity a priority for all students. Parents often struggle to find inclusive environments for kids with special needs, which limits abilities to capture memories outside of the home or secure a space in traditional memory books like yearbooks or other school representation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2019

High school graduation rates have reached record highs in recent years. We face an unfortunate reality where students of color, with disabilities , and in lower socioeconomic brackets have fewer resources and opportunities. Related content: Can analytics help schools hire the best teachers? More than 1.2

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

public schools—or 13 percent—received some form of special education services during the 2014-15 school year, and this number is on the rise. For instance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the percentage of children diagnosed with a developmental disability rose from 5.76 Department of Education, 6.6

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? Vrain Valley School District, we will continue to provide our teachers with ample opportunities to collaborate, discuss, and share resources and strategies to enhance their understanding of AI and the potential benefits of AI tools. . This year at St.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

But it would be pretty hard to figure that out from most states’ school report cards. Polikoff added that states and others “need to give parents an accurate accounting of how their individual student is doing but also how schools are doing in general.” Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

Jones came from a family of educators, she didn’t expect that going to law school would steer her back into the family business. Over the years she became a staunch advocate for children with disabilities. And as mom to a son with learning disabilities and ADHD who is in high school and doing great, her advocacy is personal.

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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. educators, families, students, school psychologists, and school administrators). under review ).

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to cast uncertainty on education, and the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year is no different. But with some valuable lessons learned under their belts, educators are feeling better prepared for the back-to-school season–one that could be the most normal since the pandemic.

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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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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2022

At San Andreas High School in San Bernardino, Calif., The students in San Bernardino City Unified School District’s Growing Hope program have moderate to severe… students use advanced sensors and software to manage and monitor a state-of-the-art hydroponic growing facility and greenhouse.

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