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Special education students need a whole child approach

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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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Dear parents: 3 ways AI will show up in your child’s classroom this year

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Leveraging a virtual teaching assistant: Teachers have a big job to do. It’s a job we love but it’s one that is often filled with a lot of tasks outside the core responsibilities of teaching — standing in front of our students, helping them learn.

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BloomBoard and Mercy University Partner to Create Accessible Teaching Pathways to Address New York’s Teacher Shortage

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Together, they’ll support New York school districts in providing an on-the-job delivery pathway for Mercy’s Bachelor of Science in Teaching Students with Disabilities, B-12 program, to bring more highly qualified special education teachers into New York classrooms.

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What One Startup Founder Learned in Her Quest to Change How Profs Communicate With Students

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So Sankar proposed an online system that would be open to everyone in a class , where when any student wrote in asking for help or clarification, all would benefit from the answer posted by the professor or a teaching assistant. She called her startup Piazza.

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How Online PD Eased A New York District’s Transition to Remote Learning

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We did a full rollout of OTIS for the 2018-2019 school year, and now we have around 400 teachers and teaching assistants on the platform. There's no better PD than teacher-to-teacher PD. What does online PD look like at Hauppauge now? The partnership with TEQ is funded through the district budget.

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61 predictions about edtech, equity, and learning in 2022

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As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Collaboration technology improves accessibility for students with disabilities, illnesses, and other impediments to in-person learning.

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Ghost Students: The Rise of Bots in Online Education 

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Additionally, CAPTCHAs should be designed to be accessible to individuals with disabilities, such as those with visual or auditory impairments. Proactive m onitoring: Regularly review online discussions, encourage student engagement, and collaborate with teaching assistants to identify potential bot activity.