eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

By analyzing patterns in students’ grades, attendance, participation, and other behavioral indicators, AI algorithms can predict potential academic risks and learning disabilities. Immersive scenario-based learning : AI can create realistic and interactive scenarios for students to explore, making learning more engaging and effective.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

But after doing poorly on a math placement exam in middle school, he was placed in a math class for students with learning disabilities. Three years later, NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit education philanthropy, awarded $15 million in its grant challenge for middle- and high-school math software developers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Holzweiss , a high school educational technology enrichment specialist librarian, shared her tips to help school librarians engage with students, support teachers , and make their school libraries dynamic and welcoming learning spaces. During an ISTELive session , Kristina A. Go digital with eBooks and audiobooks.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are behind next-generation improvements in a range of software tools for students with sensory or learning disabilities. These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I’m a special education teacher serving students in a self-contained class, and all of my students have moderate to severe learning disabilities including ADHD, intellectual disabilities, emotional disabilities, specific learning disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. I was ecstatic.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Audiobooks are useful tools for students with learning disabilities, beginning readers, and students for whom English is a second language. . . Gamification makes learning exciting for students, delivering interactivity in a variety of subjects and providing a sense of progress with rewards or points for completing tasks.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The current technology is web-based, but his grandfather’s goal has survived the decades: increase students’ ease and comfort with reading—something that remains elusive to a shockingly large part of the population. these reading skills don't correlate with intelligence, and reading inefficiently isn't a learning disability.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2020

Colleges have long had offices designed to support students who have learning disabilities and to encourage broader accessibility in the classroom and beyond. On the latest installment of our monthly online discussion forum, EdSurge Live , we explored accessibility in this unusual era of emergency remote teaching.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2025

About 14 percent of students in traditional public schools and nearly 12 percent of those in charter schools were recorded as having a disability during that period. The most common disabilities among public school children are part of a category called specific learning disabilities, which includes dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

I’ve committed to personalizing learning, but how can I do that for every student in my inclusion classroom when the range of abilities among them is so vast? And my hope is that schools, districts and the entrepreneurs building tools to support personalized learning models consider them as well. .

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2019

“Students need more than a program for providing accommodations or tutorials in reading and writing,” says Manju Banerjee, vice president of educational research and innovation at Landmark College, which exclusively serves students who have learning disabilities, attention disorders or who are autistic.

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Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Tony Wan, Managing Editor Access and Equity How can we accommodate students who have learning disabilities in online instruction and practice universal design principles? During these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment. Stay safe, sane and sanitary, everyone.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

Their goals were to: Identify students who needed special education services more accurately. Serve the needs of students who required more instruction to succeed but did not necessarily display a learning disability. The results were monitored for student growth.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

In a meta-analysis on the use of AI chatbots in education, Wu and Yu (2023) found that AI chatbots can significantly improve learning outcomes, specifically in the areas of learning performance, motivation, self-efficacy, interest, and perceived value of learning. How much do language models copy from their training data?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

I’ve been a para in New York City for eight years and in that time, I’ve worked as a behavioral para, a language para and a toileting para (assisting with toilet training). I’d like to think I’ve significantly improved the learning experience for the students I’ve worked with and for the teachers I’ve taught alongside.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

We're talking about children with specific learning disabilities and diverse learners, ethnic and racial minorities, children who are serviced in therapeutic settings, alternative environments, correctional facilities.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

In a meta-analysis on the use of AI chatbots in education, Wu and Yu (2023) found that AI chatbots can significantly improve learning outcomes, specifically in the areas of learning performance, motivation, self-efficacy, interest, and perceived value of learning. How much do language models copy from their training data?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Additionally, AI-driven educational platforms can provide instant feedback to students, aiding in real-time comprehension and skill development. Virtual tutors and chatbots equipped with natural language processing capabilities offer 24/7 support, addressing queries and reinforcing learning concepts outside traditional classroom hours.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2024

Beyond that, it’s inherently high stakes to determine whether a child needs special education services or more language support. Schools don’t want to misclassify a student with special needs as one who needs more help learning English, or for a child who simply needs support with English to be placed in special education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

percent met English Language Arts standards. 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 During the 2015-16 school year, only 0.7 It is more like a professional football team.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2025

Staten teaches English at Northeast High School, the citys largest high school, where many of her students have learning disabilities, are dealing with trauma and mental health challenges, or are learning English. She said she didnt think incorporating a new technology into her lesson plans would help much. Speese said.

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