eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

In that light, the scramble to provide students with hard skills, like robotics and coding, coupled with related soft skills, such as critical thinking and collaboration, seems only natural. nonprofit with a smattering of schools around the city, most catering to students with learning disabilities. million by 2018.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2015

Flipped learning and one-to-one are a powerful combo for some populations. 44 percent of students are English language learners, have special needs, or both. Haynes has a one-to-one laptop program, and students also can bring their own devices to school. Haynes High School in Washington, D.C., million children in the U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2016

I said that tracking refers to the systematic grouping of students into classes based on their overall achievement. By contrast, differentiated instruction is the adjusting of lesson activities and tasks for students in a single class who are at different levels. . Students grouped for an activity by ability level.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

With the onset of the COVID virus, millions of PreK to Grade 5 students across the U.S. Now more than ever, parents, educators and specialists are focused on helping their young students make up for lost learning time. Includes monitoring of student progress so the supervising adults know exactly how the student is progressing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A learning disorder that can impact a child’s ability to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols—but that doesn’t affect general intelligence—dyslexia often goes unnoticed until a student displays significant struggles with reading and/or writing.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2024

My role in launching specialized schools in Louisiana for students with low-incidence disabilities reinforced the importance of educational options, a need that is universal regardless of a student’s abilities, grade level, learning style, preferences, social class, and geographic location.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 14, 2024

Over the years she became a staunch advocate for children with disabilities. And as mom to a son with learning disabilities and ADHD who is in high school and doing great, her advocacy is personal.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2023

Literacy is the foundation upon which all learning is built. Without strong reading skills, students will struggle as they progress through their education. Nearly two-thirds of students from grades four through 12 aren’t considered proficient readers for their grade level, and these numbers are trending in the wrong direction.

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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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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

MAY 4, 2015

Special education teachers have been required for the first time to become pseudo subject-area experts to help struggling students and those with learning disabilities meet the standards. This can be a stressful time for everyone.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2015

Program aims to help K-12 teachers identify students who may have dyslexia and teach these students how to read. Understanding Dyslexia is an online program that helps teachers identify students who have dyslexia, a learning disability that affects as much as 10 percent of the population. and Barbara J.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2023

TouchMath, a multisensory math program that makes learning foundational math concepts accessible and clear for students who struggle to understand grade-level content, designed the DySc to identify students as young as three who may be at risk for dyscalculia, a specific learning disability in mathematics.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. million students are chronically absent. Long term, it can leave students unprepared for life.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

According to a new report, incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in online courses not only benefits students with disabilities, but can have significant benefits for all students, ultimately increasing retention and improving learning outcomes. Knowing Where to Start.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Dyslexia is the most common disability affecting young learners today, with 5 to 20 percent of the student population affected, say some studies. In order to reverse the negative academic trajectory these students often face, awareness is a crucial first step in helping learners get the help they need. Questions: 1.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. A “wait and see” approach wasn’t right for my son, and it isn’t right for any student with dyslexia. are largely unprepared to meet the needs of these students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2016

“Summer Reading Together” program aims to level the playing field for students. Research shows that summer reading helps reduce “summer slide” for all students, and experts indicate that reading at least 20 minutes a day outside of the school year ensures that students continue to grow and develop.

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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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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, 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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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. Bring on the learning revolution!

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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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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2019

As a public high school administrator, I lead interventions for students in poor academic standing. Although many students have logistical circumstances keeping them from being successful—homelessness, employment, learning disabilities, etc.—many

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Students with dyslexia develop astonishing coping mechanisms to make it as far as I did, and unfortunately, my story isn’t as rare as you might think. That’s something an authority figure needs to tell a student until they believe it. When the report came back with the words “learning disability,” I was filled with so much shame.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

They are constantly expanding their knowledge, refining their skills, and looking for creative ways to help kids learn. As these four principals look back at 2016, they recall the most important ed tech lesson they learned this year—and look forward to inspiring their staff and students anew in 2017. Student engagement is high.

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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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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2016

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Digital tools have the power to help students with learning disabilities communicate and gain confidence.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The declines include nearly all races and income levels and are the most steep for at-risk and already lower-performing students. Reading is the gateway to all else, and our mission — first and foremost — is to make sure every student becomes a successful reader. “We cannot afford to lose a generation of proficient readers.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2024

Over the past 10 years, the organization has seen increased enrollment of students with special needs and learning disabilities. While a recent report from the National Catholic Educational Association found that 7.8

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2019

The start of a school year means a new seating chart for each classroom—full of students that the teacher likely hasn’t met. Without knowing the students, how does a teacher know where to assign their seats? This question comes up each summer as teachers strive to create the best learning environment possible.

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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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