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3 strategies to improve attendance for students with disabilities

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Key points: Every student should have the supports needed to thrive Managing rising student needs under IDEA Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students For more news on special needs strategies, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub For too many students with disabilities, chronic absenteeism prevents them from accessing the equitable education they deserve.

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Pairing Technology and Strategies to Support Student Mental Health

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Growing up, I always struggled with my mental health. On the outside, I appeared to have my life together: I was in marching band, worked in a pizza restaurant and earned passing grades. Nobody noticed when I went days without talking or sat by myself at lunch, reading a book to avoid drawing attention to my loneliness. I often wondered if people would notice if I was gone.

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Classworks® Adds Mastery Measurement to Award-Winning Progress Monitoring Tools

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Classworks®, a leading provider of K-12 MTSS and Special Education solutions, has introduced Mastery Measurement Progress Monitoring for Reading and Mathematics to its award-winning platform. Mastery Measurement enables educators to measure and document progress on specific reading and math skills tied to students’ Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).

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24 Online Resources About Economics

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Here are popular online resources to teach about Economics ( click for updates to this list) 12 Days of Christmas –find the cost and price change of the 12 gifts 60-seconds Adventures in Economics –videos from Open University Banzai –financial literacy (free) online program Basic Economic Terms Basic Economics Jumbled BizKids –games to teach business and finance Business and Profit Millionaire Game Economic Concepts Economic Systems Economic Terms Economic Terms Mini-Quiz Economics Flashcards Ev

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Week 8 #8WeeksOfSummer Blog Challenge 2024

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Welcome to the 2024 #8weeksofsummer blog challenge! This summer we dedicate our #8weeksofsummer blog challenge to going beyond an introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education. We are going to share our AI experiences from the past school year. Your input is crucial as we want to crowdsource this huge topic to rapidly identify which tools work for what aspects of our profession.

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This School Counselor Says Her Job Is Heavy, But It’s Also ‘Soul Building’

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As a school counselor, Leighanne Mainguy can never be sure what’s in store for her each day. Some days, she arrives at her elementary school to learn that a student is in crisis and needs her full attention; she’ll clear her schedule. Occasionally, a tragedy in the community will leave students and staff shaken, and Mainguy will move swiftly to lend support.

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Kamala Harris backs teachers unions and LGBTQ rights, blasts book bans in AFT speech

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In one of her first speeches since becoming the likely Democratic nominee for president, Kamala Harris delivered a fiery call to teachers and other union members to back her vision for America’s future. That includes teaching the painful parts of U.S. history, protecting LGBTQ students and school staff from discrimination, and ensuring teachers aren’t pushed out of the profession by crippling

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