eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — TouchMath , a multisensory math program that makes learning crucial mathematical concepts accessible and clear for students who struggle to understand grade-level content, announces the launch of TouchMath Extend and Dyscalculia Extension. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo./PRNewswire-PRWeb/

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Without access or success, their advancement to higher-order math and other skills, like abstract and critical thinking or data analysis, is obstructed.” Studies in districts like Los Angeles Unified have found that students who passed Algebra I by 9th grade are twice as likely to graduate as those who did not. Source: U.S.

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Elevate k12

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In the quest for educational equity, it is essential that all students, especially those with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in reading and math, receive the support they need to succeed. public schools are identified as having specific learning disabilities (SLDs). What does high-quality instruction entail?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

Based on the assessment system I use, many of my students were reading at a level between kindergarten and second grade, which is not ideal, given that I teach high schoolers. John was now willing to take academic risks that he hadn’t taken before ninth grade. John’s sharp intellect was apparent.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

After some investigating on my part, I learned that Jason had been with the school district since second grade. If I did a lot of digging and the results were dismal, what could his teachers know from year to year as he transitioned from grade to grade? The truth is, they couldn’t.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2017

Edgenuity announced the launch of UpSmart , a supplemental solution designed to help all students in grades 6–8 demonstrate mastery of state standards in English language arts and math. She became a dyslexia expert and advocate after her husband and two of her four children were diagnosed with the learning disability.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

Key points: About two-thirds of American students fail to meet reading standards every year when tested in 4 th , 8 th , and 12 th grades. 1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. 15 The largest category is learning disabilities, mainly dyslexia. 20k+ per year).

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

I sat at my first round table meeting, listening to my colleague talk about how one of my ninth graders, Sadie, had been calling out answers, talking during independent work and having difficulty staying seated during math class. I was baffled. Sadie had been struggling in my English class too, but not in these ways. Something wasn’t right.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

For example, design a lesson for a fifth grade boy with a reading learning disability who is interested in sports. Spark their interest and you know, get them excited about math or reading or whatever. So there has there, that natural tension has to exist for really good learning to be taking place in a classroom.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

And while not everyone agrees on an exact definition of this umbrella term, it’s frequently used to describe people who are on the autism spectrum, people with learning disabilities, and people with attention differences like ADD and ADHD, among others. It’s things like dyslexia and other learning disabilities.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 21, 2025

A math proof becomes as rewatchable as a favorite TV show, allowing learners to master concepts at their own pace. Core subjects math, science, language arts are essential even in virtual schools. A single dashboard provides access to live classes, recorded content, grades, messaging, and calendars without endless clicking.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 22, 2025

Suggestions: Use building blocks to teach geometry Incorporate nature walks for biology lessons Turn cooking into science experiments and math practice Part 5: Your Influence as a Parent-Facilitator While teachers remain the academic experts, parents are the emotional and logistical anchors of the learning process.

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Lab to Class

JANUARY 3, 2024

This allows them to have a surface to write on, partners and groups to work with, but also their own chair to help them learn to stay in their assigned place. Having students at tables is often the best way to do activities where students need to write in books, use blocks or beads for math or science activities, or do arts and crafts.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2024

She works on math with students in Los Angeles and San Francisco, beamed in through a host program that uses virtual-first tutoring. But she recalls one student, a sixth grader with a learning disability. She’s worked with six students, all between third and sixth grade. He was struggling to grasp multiplication.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

percent (3 out of 451) of students met state standards in math, and only 4.5 They ask questions and support one another as they move around in groups through learning stations Brownlee has set up in class. Students working on Brownlee's 6th-grade class. During the 2015-16 school year, only 0.7

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

That’s the argument made by Cathy O'Neil in her book “ Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy.” O’Neil: When I turned 15, I decided I was going to become a math professor—I was at a math camp at the time, and it just seemed like the most glamorous thing I could imagine.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2024

But by the time her daughter entered third grade, academic warning signs started to flash: A new teacher suggested that she was struggling with reading, writing and math, Jochim says. During her daughters fourth grade year, Jochim pulled her out of the school. I only had good things to say about it, Jochim says.

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