About 6 percent of students nationwide are “twice exceptional,” or 2e: They have high academic aptitude but struggle with ADHD, mild autism, dyslexia, or other learning and behavioral challenges. Parents say it's often impossible to find schools to educate them. Now some are fighting to change that.
Fewer than 40 percent of fourth and eighth grade students nationwide are proficient readers. Now, led by parents of children with dyslexia, some states are trying to change how reading is taught. In Arkansas, a group of determined advocates have upended traditional reading instruction.
Family problems, absences and poor grades can drive students to becoming a dropout. But what actually drives many teenagers to quit school, say experts, is a sense that nobody in the building cares about them.
Practitioners at the UDL-IRN Summit last month shared ways to add "zhoosh," or excitement, to blended and online learning with universal design for learning's three principles.
The benefits of virtual assistants for individuals with disabilities have many special educators eyeing these tools for their potential use in the classroom.
Ranking high on Kevin Schwartz's list of most memorable moments from his career as Austin (Texas) ISD's technology officer for learning and systems is a pilot of a 1:1 device initiative he conducted 10 years ago with students in special education. "It was a transformative moment for me to watch those kids be so enabled […]
This roundup covers the impact of advanced academics on kindergartners, the effects of teachers' unions on student achievement, the benefits of transitional programs for special needs students, and the advantages of family-school interventions, among other topics.
Several middle schoolers worked on a challenging puzzle cube as part of a STEM project to help them overcome learning disabilities at Newark's The College School, which partners with the University of Delaware's mechanical engineering and clinical psychology departments.
