eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

This not only aligns with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles but also showcases a commitment to inclusive education. By incorporating real-time captioning, educational institutions demonstrate a dedication to ensuring that students with hearing impairments can fully engage with live educational content.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

New report highlights 10-step plan to applying Universal Design for Learning online. The recent report , written by three professors at Montana State University, aims to help educators involved in online learning implement UDL for teaching both general and diverse populations, including students with disabilities.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

million students in public K-12 schools in the United States who qualified for special education services. billion in implementing evidence-based practices in schools nationwide to support special education students, including increased resources for staffing and implementing diversified instructional practices.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2020

All teachers and students are currently experiencing challenges with accessibility, the promotion of emotional and physical wellness, and academic progress—issues that the special education community knows all too well. Can best practice be translated to this way of educating? And our teachers are under tremendous pressure.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

And most critically, are the materials appropriately differentiated for students who learn and think differently, and have they been universally designed with learner variability in mind? This is no small lift when so many educators feel exhausted, frustrated and confused about the path forward in teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2016

The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for K-12 education specifically endorses Universal Design for Learning (UDL), a set of principles that require teachers and students to shift roles as they collaborate around student-driven learning paths.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Lauren Stafford, vice president of Research and Instructional Design at Monarch Teaching Technologies (MTT), offered technology tips to support each of the five strategies. The most important thing to understand, Hodgdon said, is the communication strengths and challenges of children with autism.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

My first year in education, my student teaching year, was incredibly difficult. I continued to struggle with the mechanics of teaching, especially the most essential part of being a teacher: presence. I left my student teaching year feeling genuinely broken. I reread my lesson plans before I teach.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners.

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Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 103

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

So he felt frustrated, isolated: “I am stranded on this desert island because that site doesn't work [with my screen reader],” Jacob later told a researcher , also adding, “You can't just re-change your whole teaching plan, especially when you've distributed it.” While not new, the obligations in the rule have become pressing.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

One of the great challenges for any educator is how do you teach and test students on real world problems, not just on theoretical textbook examples? Some may have PhDs from other countries that are not recognized in Canada, and they're excelling at a rapid pace to the point where they probably could be teaching the course.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 14, 2024

The development of programs that not only meet the needs of working people but also guarantee their upward mobility through accessible, affordable routes is essential in the effort to improve the quality of education and assist different learners.

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Teaching Assistants Textbooks Special Education Education 87

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

To start off our special on the lessons teachers are thankful for, I tell a story of my own. I was in the middle of teaching a class when I saw it. But when I first started teaching there, it was hard. The power of education and exposure. Elaine Mendez: My first year teaching, I spelled a word wrong.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2015

High school senior at Newton North High School in Newton, MA, Yishai Barth, feels strongly about the importance of Universal Design Language (UDL). He explains his specific learning needs and calls on all educators to see life from his and millions of other students’ perspective.

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Technology Universal Design Learning Writing 102

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Access: Building Bridges to Opportunity Accessible Course Design Accessibility in online education goes beyond compliance with legal requirements. It involves designing courses that accommodate diverse learning needs and preferences. Online platforms should facilitate easy communication and collaboration among students.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

I teach in a small 6-12 independent school with my colleague and friend, Nate Wolkenhauer. Nate teaches Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. When I teach unit rates, I transform my room into a grocery store. This teaches them that they can learn anything. This isn’t really about math. Tier 3: “My job.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Access: Building Bridges to Opportunity Accessible Course Design Accessibility in online education goes beyond compliance with legal requirements. It involves designing courses that accommodate diverse learning needs and preferences. Online platforms should facilitate easy communication and collaboration among students.

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Accessibility Disabilities Education Culture 98

Elevate k12

JUNE 24, 2024

Our education system has not kept up with the modern world. New teaching methods and technologies could turn things around, but schools are struggling to use them effectively. That means larger class sizes and teaching quality problems. In fact, the number of underqualified teaching hires increased by 69% from 20222023.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Need for Effective Curriculum Design in Higher Ed Most class or instructional level curriculum is designed by professors, however, most professors have not received formal training in teaching or designing courses. In fact, teaching is where professors receive the least training, if any at all (Fertig, 2012).

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Need for Effective Curriculum Design in Higher Ed Most class or instructional level curriculum is designed by professors, however, most professors have not received formal training in teaching or designing courses. In fact, teaching is where professors receive the least training, if any at all (Fertig, 2012).

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Course Design Students Active Learning Activities 56

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2025

Yes No Δ For World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, ProCare Therapy , a staffing agency for school-based therapy roles and teachers, is sharing best practices for educators on supporting students of varying abilities in the classroom while support staff is limited. Five ways to support students of all abilities in the classroom 1.

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