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. For more on college and career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

After years of teaching, I noticed how often students carried academic, emotional, and personal burdens without sharing them. From Curiosity to Campuswide Inquiry The project began in two large general education courses I teach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: FSHN 101: The Science of Food and FSHN 120: Contemporary Nutrition.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

Students with disabilities, neurodivergent learners, and those in remote areas can now be part of finishing programmes once reserved for a privileged few. Let us build classrooms that not only teach but transform. Education Beyond Borders: Inclusion at Its Finest One of AI’s most powerful promises is access.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

Students with disabilities, neurodivergent learners, and those in remote areas can now be part of finishing programmes once reserved for a privileged few. Let us build classrooms that not only teach but transform. Education Beyond Borders: Inclusion at Its Finest One of AI’s most powerful promises is access.

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Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

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. Easing the Burden: A Focus on Teacher Workload The DfE sees AI as a key to unlocking more time for what teachers do best: teaching. Handling administrative tasks.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. This foundational knowledge includes study skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Additionally, the importance of emotional intelligence in teaching is gaining recognition. Reduced Physical Barriers : For students with disabilities, hybrid models can provide alternative formats for coursework and assessments, allowing greater participation without the constraints of physical classrooms.

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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. Map out which of your current or anticipated teaching positions are filled through J-1 visas, alternative certification programs, or long-term substitutes. Build program resilience through flexible models.

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The Applicious Teacher

MAY 25, 2025

Teaching UFLI in 2nd grade? This is the “multi-sensory” part of the program that makes it work so well for students with learning disabilities like Dyslexia. This is great and is part of why the program works so well for students with learning disabilities: that daily reminder is why this program is considered systematic.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Teach students to use the SMART formula to ensure that any goals they set are specific and measurable. The Learning Disabilities Association of Wisconsin shares that vision boards help students with learning disabilities think critically and enhance their motivation, which boosts their self-confidence.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

DoDEA families were told via email that staff would no longer teach a section of an AP Psychology course on gender and sex. Resources from the agency may no longer be used to host Black History Month, Womens History Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month and others, according to the guidance.

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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. And it hampered the Office for Civil Rights, another core agency in helping schools navigate AI use.

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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

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. Access to pediatric care can also be limited for families lin rural areas. Kennedy Jr.s defense of the well-debunked claim that vaccines cause autism.

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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

APRIL 5, 2023

States with formal policies around gifted and talented programs tend to identify more English learners and students with disabilities for those programs, according to a new study from NWEA , a not-for-profit research and educational services organization serving K-12 students.

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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.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2015

However, if you set preferences, then you can: disable comments so no one can post a comment. You will have three options: edit, remove, or disable replies. It’s crucial that we teach students how to protect themselves from cruel comments and abuse online.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.

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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. had a large storage room that was mostly unused.

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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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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

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It was with great trepidation — knowing that I could not live up to this model but wanting to do my best — that I took my job teaching social studies at a small public high school in the Bronx. Watching “To Sir, With Love” was even a course requirement in my teacher residency program. Who is needed on this team?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

With better feedback mechanisms and more support, teachers could adjust their lesson plans, teach in near-real time, and deliver the help when it’s needed – without slowing down or backtracking the entire class to help the small group of students struggling with that day’s lesson.

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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 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. Funding was provided by the U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2019

The belief that lowering reading expectations benefits struggling readers not only hurts students’ competency but under IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is against the law. Schools need to set challenging goals for students with disabilities while also scaffolding up the content. In the case Endrew F.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

According to the World Health Organization , around 15 percent of the world’s population lives with some form of disability or special educational needs—and of that 15 percent, 2 to 4 percent experience significant difficulties in functioning. percent) who are 15 or older and have significant difficulties in functioning.

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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. What is dyscalculia?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read. In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all.

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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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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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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2023

At the time, the independent special education day school, which serves students who have emotional disabilities, autism, intellectual disabilities or multiple disabilities, was experiencing significant staffing shortages and the administrative team didn’t have capacity to facilitate the newcomers’ arrival.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Potential of AI for accessibility AI tools can significantly improve personalized learning by tailoring educational content to meet the unique needs and preferences of each student, especially those with disabilities.

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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

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

While many educators and students are returning to the familiar classrooms left abruptly in March, teaching this upcoming year will be anything but business as usual. Related content: Strategies for teaching students with autism.

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