Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

I was working as a special education teacher in Cobb County School District at the time. The clear discrimination towards the special education population really bothered me, mostly because I could see that it was systemic and possibly out of my reach to fix. This is especially true for at-risk students.

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Testing Exams Essay Ethics 133

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2018

A few years ago I had a student named Abby in my history class, who had always been in self-contained special education classrooms. The research that started in my class grew much larger and became an authentic and rigorous study that spanned multiple grade-levels, schools and years. The purpose?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

A study by the Council of the Great City Schools found that Portland and Oregon students are some of the least-tested in the country when it comes to mandated standardized exams. Both tests were given on computer to every student in grades three through eight plus high school juniors.

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Testing Teachers Math Essay 124

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

–Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Last year, ss homecoming and winter holidays were upon us, recent alumni came by the school to check on the place they couldn’t wait to leave six months before. This is one of my favorite phenomena of teaching high school. My school has only been open for four years, so last May was our first graduating class.

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Schools Testing Evaluation Exams 156

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2023

After a stint as a restaurant server, eight years working as a community crisis liaison, and the last three years as a restorative interventionist in a public high school, he’s learned how to read people, how to build their trust, and how to form meaningful connections with them. Is there a specific memory or story associated with it?

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Teachers High School High School Motivation 165

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

–Lisa Cumming, Science Teacher, Olmsted Falls High School. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom. Some of our kids haven’t been in school for two years and are having a hard time adjusting to being back in the classroom.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 297

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). He explains his specific learning needs and calls on all educators to see life from his and millions of other students’ perspective.

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Technology Universal Design Learning Writing 103

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Ideally, hybrid schooling models can offer significant opportunities for personalizing learning, from special education students to students in rural areas who don’t have adequate wireless connectivity at home. Language in laws can be vague, says Arizona high school technology teacher Leon Tynes.

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