eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. This is because these screeners cannot perform error analysis on why a student made a certain error and what the source of the difficulty may be. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

A faculty vision of inclusive pedagogy informed by equity and social justice transcends bias and makes diversity functional and beneficial to all students. In this article, we will examine ability/disability as a characteristic of human diversity in education as illustrated by Cushner et al. Support colleagues with disabilities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

With generative AI emerging as a pivotal element in the dynamic educational landscape of 2023, Imagine Learning conducted the survey to explore the perceptions, current practices, and future aspirations of educators who have already embraced technology in the classroom. “Learning is above all a human endeavor. .

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Educators assured me that his needs were being met with a 12-week Reading Recovery program based on the “whole language” approach. After sitting in on one of these sessions, it became clear to me that he was merely guessing words from picture cues rather than learning to decode them. Yet, despite its prevalence, schools in the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Adjusting to a rigorous curriculum, learning new skills and understanding the nuances of classroom learning are just a few of the many pressures students face. Shifting to remote learning because of the pandemic also posed additional challenges for these students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Today’s students, teachers, and administrative staff are facing unprecedented connectivity challenges as the 2020 school year brings more and more distance learning options. Students who don’t have access to high-quality internet service are at significant disadvantage compared to their connected peers.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

One in ten people have dyslexia, and in the US, 12% of students are in special education, 15% of children at school are learning their 2nd language, and the average reading age is 7th to 8th grade. Using assistive tools has been proven to help students overcome these barriers and harness their unique strengths.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Super Duper Publications creates unique educational products for children ages 3-12, with a special emphasis on students with speech and language delays, developmental/learning disabilities, and autism. About Super Duper Publications. It was founded in 1986 by Sharon and Thomas Webber.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

When I was in middle school, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, so the “typical” school experience was always a challenge for me. I became a teacher to empower students who feel as disconnected as I did. A language is something to absorb, not to memorize. I struggled to sit still, focus, engage and memorize.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

ReadSpeaker , the most trusted, independent digital voice and text-to-speech provider for educational institutions and innovative brands worldwide today announced that it is now a Certified Integration Partner with the world’s largest learning platform, Moodle. Tweet this news.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2023

As the demand for special education teachers outpaces supply, school districts are seeking innovative solutions to bridge the gap and provide high-quality education to students with special needs. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 37,600 yearly openings for special education teachers over the next decade.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2015

No longer a new concept, early flipped learning adoptees are now starting to transform the model to suit their needs and into something that can be useful for instructing a variety of student populations, including those students with special needs. Haynes High School in Washington, D.C., million children in the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) attempts to not only identify areas of challenge for a student—fine motor skills, language development, reading and comprehension, written and verbal language skills, social interaction, etc.—but Math is his favorite subject, and he enjoys learning it. Teaching one child at a time.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Here are two case studies of how carefully planned and executed pilots helped districts make informed choices—and improve teaching and learning. Listen and Learn. Becky Oristaglio, Speech and Language Pathologist. Central Falls School District, Rhode Island. We made plans to expand our pilot.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Traditionally, this caseload approach has revolved around the number of students with Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs), Multi-Tiered System of Support/Response to Intervention (MTSS/RTI) and 504 plans. It’s important to consider that not all caseloads are equal.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. There, students have access to “gold standard” multilingual programming, a hard-won achievement for any U.S. There, students have access to “gold standard” multilingual programming, a hard-won achievement for any U.S. From Advanced Placement U.S. Today it sits at 9.5

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2015

math teachers, adaptive instruction and a motivation system that work together to support students to master geometry. Think Through Math’s teachers tutor students through a two-way interactive whiteboard. TTM lessons and on-line tutoring are both available in both English and Spanish.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

. – Riverside Insights ®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today debuted a new Assessment Playbook focused on streamlining the evaluation of dyslexia, the most common learning disability, affecting 20% of the population. For more information, visit www.RiversideInsights.com.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2016

Mobile technology has opened up a plethora of resources for students with special needs, including students with autism. Here we’re highlighting resources and tools that educators might find useful in helping engage students with autism. ABA Flash Cards , $1.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

teachers are outnumbered on average 16 students to 1 teacher in the classroom (though this number can be as high as 23 to 1 in states such as California ). However, when combined with high student to teacher ratios, it is difficult, if not impossible, for teachers to provide individualized support for their students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2022

After a couple of weeks, he emerged as one of the few students to show up every single day and attempt to complete his work. 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. He wasn’t alone. I was ecstatic.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. In order to create a learning environment that feels safe, comfortable and empowering for students, schools need to adhere to basic guiding principles. Develop Guidelines.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2024

In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams : Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. It is available in sixty languages. Many sites now offer this on their webpages.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2024

I spoke to Aylynn as part of a visit to Pendergast with my colleagues from Imagine Learning to hear about educators’ and students’ experiences using the Imagine Learning EL (English Learner) Education curriculum. As a result, teaching students how to read is a complex and challenging endeavor — that’s why it takes years.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2015

“From the beginning of kindergarten to the end of middle school, minority children are less – not more – likely than white students with similar performance and behaviors to be identified as having learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual disabilities, other health impairments, or behavioral disorders,” Farkas said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

they have no idea that reading is much more difficult for them than it is for other students. 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.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

A Tests section with more than a dozen trusted autism assessments including the REEL-4 Receptive-Expressive Emergent Language Test and the TOPL-2 Test of Pragmatic Language. . I also use the autism assessments on Super Duper’s site,” said Thaashida Hutton, a speech language pathologist in New York.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Often, these go undiagnosed as students, parents, and teachers simply think the child is not a good reader, is lazy, or is disinterested. It is available in sixty languages. BrowsAloud.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Surprisingly, 15-20% of the population has a language-based learning disability and over 65% of those are deficits in reading. Often, these go undiagnosed as students, parents, and teachers simply think the child is not a good reader, is lazy, or is disinterested. It is available in sixty languages. BrowsAloud.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

6 Assistive Technologies That Can Help Students Reach Their Full Potential. students enrolled in special education programs rose 30 percent. In fact, the National Education Association found nearly every general classroom across the country includes at least one student with a disability. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

students attend blended classes on campus and take online courses from home, and district educators say a personalized learning solution has had a positive impact in a number of academic areas. In this K-12 school serving almost 200 students, the successes don’t end there. It’s not ‘What do I plan to teach today?’

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Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2019

William & Mary orientation is very extensive, very loud and pretty difficult for most neurodivergent students,” says Alanna Van Valkenburgh, a rising senior at the college. But every event is optional, and students are encouraged to take breaks when they’d prefer to be alone. Changing language reflects this shift.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Super Duper Publications creates unique educational products for children ages 3-12, with a special emphasis on students with speech and language delays, developmental/learning disabilities, and autistic children. About Super Duper Publications. It was founded in 1986 by Sharon and Thomas Webber.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

This is the story of a student who got lost in the system. Jason* was a 10th grader affected by the pandemic like many other students and their families. And when we work with so many students, we can sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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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. Worse, some screeners do not even test students’ skills.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These are exciting times in the world of assistive learning technology. 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. I’d consider several factors.

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