eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2020

PebbleGo Health launches in both English and Spanish and joins previously released modules: Animals, Biographies, Science, Social Studies, and Dinosaurs. AA (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines), ensuring it’s accessible to children with vision, cognitive, physical, and hearing disabilities.

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Special Education Education Disabilities English 146

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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Teachers Middle School Middle School Grades 218

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Five combine reading with other subjects, such as social studies or science. Just six exams are rated “strong” and four are rated “acceptable.” Across these 15 weak licensure tests: Ten do not adequately address all five components of the science of reading.

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Essay Exams Testing Reading 274

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

So, I think the state mandate around LGBTQIA and disability resources is really timely, considering the work we’re already doing. And we’re thinking not just LGBTQIA resources but also about people with disabilities in history and their contribution since, in New Jersey, the two were packaged under the same legislation.

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Curriculum Disabilities Social Studies History 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2023

In November, the Virginia Board of Education tossed out its plan to revise the state’s standards of learning for history and social studies. A number of states are fiercely battling over curriculum standards, and not just in history and social studies. The fusion of politics and education is hardly unusual.

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Textbooks Social Studies History Math 159

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2018

But this time the company disabled the “share” feature—a key component of the service. When EdSurge checked the collection in July, the site listed about 3,600 materials for Social Studies, and now shows about the same. Then in July 2017 Amazon tried again, announcing a public beta version of Inspire.

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eLearning Education Disabilities Textbooks 152

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2024

For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding schools in an Indigenous Studies class. Apply a fresh coat of paint at Southeast Alaska Independent Living, a nonprofit that serves people with disabilities. Cook breakfast for a classmate celebrating a birthday.

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Education Study History Language 172

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And universal assessments that test multilingual students in English can provide inaccurate information that teachers use to guide their practice or can wrongly indicate learning disabilities. Importantly, they create a universal, neutral platform for discussion of the language acquisition levels of students, free of judgment.

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English Languages Language Teachers 201

Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2023

Name : Annie Talley Ochoa Age : 44 Current town : Cupertino, California College : Alliant University through a TeachStart Fellowship Area of study : High school social studies Hometown : Corona, California EdSurge: When did you realize that you wanted to become a teacher? No one noticed that I had a learning disability.

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Social Studies Teaching Philosophy Coaching Learning Disabilities 144

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Smartphone are making it impossible for our children to focus on anything else, least of all their studies. Recent studies have suggested that people experience withdrawal symptoms in the absence of a phone. Author Bio: Andrew Carroll is a former high school social studies teacher. More on digital devices.

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Attention Middle School Middle School Disabilities 116

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2018

This report also found that students with disabilities were disproportionately disciplined in public schools. In social-emotional learning, similar to other frameworks that exist within our educational space, we have to consider where it sits within the conversations on how we are fixing and addressing issues like discipline.

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Schools Learning Culture Beliefs 133

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

However, the evidence for this from her study was weak. Jefferson says that means fewer opportunities for students with disabilities, or for students in rural areas or who want to work in public schools one day. Youth are motivated to participate , she says. After the 2016 election, Jefferson started to become more politically aware.

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Education Students Testing Participation 190

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Carl Brownlee, a former United States Marine officer, is a middle school social studies teacher at Fisher Magnet Upper Academy. It does not matter if they came to you four grades behind, if that child’s family is impoverished, or if the child has any type of learning disability that may be undiagnosed,” says Brownlee. “It

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Teachers Schools Coaching Fairness 137