eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“Learning is above all a human endeavor. With generative AI as a tool to simplify lesson planning, reduce administrative tasks, and enhance personalized learning, we can empower the potential of teachers and students and improve learning outcomes.” ” This press release originally appeared online.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

29 states require dyslexia training for teachers; 14 states for teachers-to-be. For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. 20k+ per year).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2024

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. 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.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 37,600 yearly openings for special education teachers over the next decade. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 37,600 yearly openings for special education teachers over the next decade. Special education was one of the areas hit hardest, with 45 percent of schools needing to fill positions.

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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. Today, more than 9 million students lack proper access to reliable broadband internet at home, which creates obstacles for both the students and teachers.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

HearBuilder provides an excellent way for parents, teachers and therapists to help students catch up and continue building skills, whether or not their school is doing in-person instruction.”. Not only can you monitor progress, it lets you increase and decrease difficulties of the activities within the program. About Super Duper Publications.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

We are the only school in the region who started a dual language program,” said Rossina Sandoval, Southwest DuBois County School District’s director of community engagement, in an interview with the Daily Yonder. That has proven to be the most effective way to develop language skills,” she said.

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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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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

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. At the end of the trial, the classroom teacher completed a questionnaire and provided feedback on their experience.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

To help families, teachers, and providers quickly and easily find information and educational materials to support autistic children, Super Duper Publications has created a new Autism Resources section on its website. 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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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 ). One issue facing teachers is the seemingly never-ending stream of curriculum changes and standardization. So, what is the root of the problem, and what can we do about it?

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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. 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Key points: Transitioning to a workload approach offers room for more effective and personalized support See article: Is the ‘Growing Your Own’ pipeline working for special ed teachers? For example, a speech and language pathologist (SLP) may appear to have a manageable caseload of 50 students.

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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.

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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. Identify Indicators. Ensure Proper PD.

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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. Imagine Learning EL Education is science-backed and heart-driven. Bridging skills connect these processes.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Using FuelEd online curriculum and content, PGA students work at their own pace at home three days per week, and attend teacher-led classes on campus the other two days each week. The FuelEd curriculum is tailored to each student’s unique needs, and allows for integration of teacher-created content.

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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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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? Who is the modern librarian?

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

29 states require dyslexia training for teachers; 14 states for teachers-to-be. For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression. 20k+ per year).

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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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

EdSurge talked with Taylor about what makes reading a visually unnatural activity, why reading inefficiency isn’t a learning disability, and how early intervention can increase fluency and foster joy in reading. Teachers are often unaware of the tremendous discrepancies in the reading challenges children in their classrooms face.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2019

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

As the number of these students continues to grow, teachers and educators are increasingly turning to assistive technologies to help students across all ranges of ability learn more effectively and reach their full potential. . FM systems use radio broadcast technology to connect the teacher and student through audio.

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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. There were no conversations with me, or my parents, or my English teacher, even though I was in an advanced English class,” he recalls. Applications , which will be open at 8 A.M.

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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? I am a “SAM” teacher, which stands for Single Approach to Mastery. The IEP is a sacred document—there are legal issues and privacy issues that every teacher needs to consider.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

He came to school one day and explained to his teacher that his mother had lost her job at a day care due to declining enrollment. As he very maturely shared with his teacher, he couldn’t read the application. The teacher reached out to me, an education consultant recently hired by the school district to support struggling learners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Surprisingly, 15-20 percent of the population has a language-based learning disability, and over 65 percent of those deficits is 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. Read more on TeachHUB.

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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? However, educators should make sure to translate the accommodations they’ve likely already made in the classroom into their distance learning plans, Del Tufo says.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

We help teachers with lessons and share feedback on what supports work best for the students we serve. Paraprofessionals are specially trained, credentialed employees hired to work alongside students — typically learners with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) — under the supervision of the classroom teacher.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last 10 years or so, the word “neurodivergent” has become a more common part of our everyday language. This shift in language acknowledges that everyone’s brain is different, and if we set up our schools in a way that makes room for many variations, we’ll all be better off. It’s not just ADHD.

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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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