eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

While Gemini is providing our employees with access to generative AI, Gemini for teens will provide our high school students with the focused support of AI in a safer environment with appropriate safeguards, said superintendent Dr. Jose L. Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

And Jason was upset because he feared they would lose their home and have to move before he completed high school. Originally students were provided special education services based on the discrepancy model. Special education services often included classes separate from the regular classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This is my third year teaching at William Penn High School in the Colonial School District in New Castle, Delaware. A core element of my job has always been to consider how I can tailor instruction to meet the needs of each student—that’s the crux of special education. Class Makeup: Rules and Ratios.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Two years ago, my oldest son graduated from high school. I thought he was well-prepared for the transition to life after high school, but soon realized I was wrong. My son has had an Individualized Education Program (IEP) since second grade. I stood back and watched. as he failed miserably.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. 19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2015

General education teachers have had to learn and apply new instructional strategies to address the new standards and the vision that the standards embody, particularly universal design for learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

Dylin Coburn is a junior in high school, but he’s spent a surprising amount of time at a school that’s not his, observing an art class he’s not even taking. Like Dylin, senior Jada Harper hopes to be a teacher too someday, focusing on early childhood special education. OVERLAND PARK , Kan.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

Now, looking more closely at the impact of the pandemic, the CDC found that more than one-third of high school students reported they experienced poor mental health during the pandemic, 44 percent reported that they persistently felt sad or hopeless during that past year, and almost 20 percent had seriously considered attempting suicide.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

But in the world of special education, these numbers take on a special significance. Despite high unemployment and underemployment for autistic adults, for example, more than a third of students with an autism spectrum disorder end up picking STEM majors, which often require a mix of hard and soft skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2015

Haynes High School in Washington, D.C., 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both. If schools are to meet the learning needs of every student, including those with disabilities, then “we have to think differently about how we provide instruction,” Hill said.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2020

In partnership with eSchool News, Illuminate Education is spotlighting teachers in a series recognizing educators, the way they have moved instruction online during COVID-19, and how they have prioritized the needs of their students. Special Education Teacher. Watkins Mill High School. Gloria Makosy.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

The expanded department will direct and participate in research that can be translated into meaningful, applicable results for schools and districts. To lead the expanded team, Aperture has hired Dr. Evelyn Johnson, a former professor of special education at Boise State University, as the department’s new vice president.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 4, 2025

By high school, students have probably heard What do you want to be when you grow up? Its one of the reasons why high school (and increasingly middle school!) is a prime time for educators to teach students about professional pathways after graduation. more than a few times. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, L.11-12.1,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Additionally, La’Toya is the Assistant Boys and Girls Powerlifting Coach for THEE Meridian High School. Outside of education, La’Toya is a four-time World Powerlifting Champion. from the University of Montevallo in Educational Leadership, and an Ed.D. from Samford University in Educational Leadership.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

We’ll also see a greater increase in educators looking for solutions for their students with challenging behaviors and looking for tools like DESSA to help schools design interventions for students in specific social emotional competencies.” Forty-eight states are reporting a shortage of special education teachers this school year.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2016

High-quality instruction in STEM requires both teaching expertise and content knowledge. Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Key points: A new grant will fund research around increasing the academic engagement of students with special needs Teachers will benefit from insights into how to best support students with unique needs who also wish to be independent See related article: What matters most for our special education teachers?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The CDC recently declared a student mental health crisis , with 44 percent of high school students reporting sadness or hopelessness. A high anxiety level–one that zaps a student’s concentration, motivation, and initiative–can result in a student shutting down.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2023

Charlotte, North Carolina – Scribbles Software today announced a partnership with PowerSchool (NYSE: PWSC), the leading provider of cloud-based software for K-12 education in North America, and PowerSchool Naviance. PowerSchool connects students, teachers, administrators, and parents, with the shared goal of improving student outcomes.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

Larkin will serve as a thought partner and advisor for school districts across the country as they design and scale specialized academic programs based on student strength and need. During her tenure, she led the implementation, facilitation and monitoring of special education services for students from age 3 through 22.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2022

Students at Urban Assembly School of Design and Construction have donned the role of architects, designing a one-bedroom apartment for their “clients” at P.S. 138M , a District 75 school serving children with moderate to severe disabilities. There are more than 130 high schools in New York City with CTE programs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2023

That’s why I’m focused on helping our general education and special education students develop job skills and strengthen their mental health while still in our hallways. Our students are experiencing a mental health crisis across our state and country, and that’s something all of us can and must work to address.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2020

A licensed school psychologist or social worker will lead live, interactive small group sessions designed to support middle and high school students. It is incredibly stressful to be a middle or high school student right now. is the leading provider of live online special education-related services to K-12 schools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2016

General education teachers have had to learn and apply new instructional strategies to address the new standards and the vision that the standards embody, particularly universal design for learning. When our district brings together general and special education teachers, we reframe the conversation to focus on “our” students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

We must act to ensure that children, youth and adults are receiving the literacy education that enables middle-skills workers—those who need more than a high school diploma but less than a college degree—to achieve success.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2024

The inaugural report aims to uncover timely factors contributing to the current teen mental health crisis as described by the app’s users—middle and high school students. The study utilizes anonymized data from over 30,000 confidential sessions teens held on the AI-powered app during the 2023-24 school year. ” Dr.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2023

I wanted to share this love, so I became an intervention teacher, working with struggling readers and special education students. If they can’t read by third grade, they have a much harder time catching up and are less likely to graduate from high school , research has shown. Kids love reading.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Janae Montgomery has walked the halls of the same school building for much of the last 10 years — first as a high school student, then as a paraprofessional and, as of a few months ago, as a special education teacher. I would always be like, ‘Oh, let's play school, and I'll be the teacher’ — things like that.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

But what if every student started school ready? A recent meta-analysis found that children who participate in early education are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to be placed in special education or retained to repeat grades.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

(September 29, 2021) – Reading Plus, an evidence-based online program that uses personalized instruction to improve students’ reading proficiency, today announced the expanded use of its platform within the Beaufort County School District in South Carolina. years of proficiency grade-level gains in a single school year.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

Implicit bias can also be seen in the overrepresentation of students of color in special education vs. underrepresented students in gifted and talented education. As educators, it is vital that we recognize the biases we carry so that this does not have an adverse impact on the students that we are serving.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Fullerton School District. What motivated you to become a Special Education teacher? When I was younger I didn’t know I wanted to even be a teacher, nonetheless a Special Ed teacher. It wasn’t until my brother, who has autism, joined the Special Olympics and I was helping him train.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The STEM Advanced Placement Access Expansion Opportunity is designed to increase Massachusetts high schoolers’ participation in advanced coursework. The statewide initiative will provide select high schools with access to up to eight AP® STEM courses free of charge.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

He became interested in the topic during his first job out of college as a high school special education teacher working with at-risk youth. “I Rose is the director of the Mizzou Ed Bully Prevention Lab and has been researching bullying prevention for 18 years.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

With college application season in full swing and the competition for acceptance into top schools more competitive than ever, students are turning to AI-powered tools for application support, reveals a new survey from Brainly. Students are looking for ways to save time and assure them that they are on the right path.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2024

Whether that’s through bus routing software, whether it’s through teletherapy to augment the really extraordinary work that our special education folks do in person, those things matter.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Jesus Jara , superintendent of Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada Tom Lamont , painting and design technology instructor at Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School (BVT) in Massachusetts Winners were chosen for their commitment to education despite obstacles–including achievement gaps, teacher burnout, and funding–and (..)

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