Category: Teaching and Learning Strategies
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Bronx elementary school to pilot program for students with emotional disabilities
This article was published on Chalkbeat New York by Pooja Salhotra on August 31, 2021. A South Bronx elementary school is launching a first-of-its-kind program in New York City to integrate students with emotional disabilities with their general education peers. The pilot, called “Path,” will prioritize social-emotional learning for a single kindergarten classroom at P.S.…
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PROOF POINTS: Why reading comprehension is deteriorating
This article was published on Hechinger Report by Jill Barshay on May 17, 2021. Before the pandemic, eighth graders’ reading comprehension declined substantially. Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly regarded national test known as the National Assessment of Educational…
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Learning Without Limits: Increasing Tech Accessibility in the K–12 Classroom
This article was published on EdTech Magazine by Doug Bonderud on May 24, 2021. Over the course of the past year, K–12 districts have created entirely new ways for teachers and students to connect and collaborate. Now, schools face mounting pressure to prioritize in-person teaching over online options, but not everyone is eager to return.…
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How Have Educators Adapted Distance Learning for Special Education Students?
This article was published on EdTech Magazine by Chris Hayhurst on May 3, 2021. Special education instructors, like everyone else, turned to an array of digital tools and technologies to continue teaching in the wake of the pandemic. And while most would agree the shift to online learning came with serious challenges, many also found…
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Lakeland students build plane for people with physical disabilities
This article was published on ABC Action News by Robert Boyd on April 21, 2021. LAKELAND — Hundreds of pilots were at the Sun ’n Fun Air Show, but not many of them can say they built their own plane. That’s exactly what three high school students have been doing and the end result will…
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For adult transition students with special needs, a special delivery offers respite from the stress of remote learning
This article was published on the Chicago Tribune by Janice Neumann on February 17, 2021. A box filled with water beads, a retractable ball and other sensory items came at just the right time for Chance Moragne, a 21-year-old student with autism. Moragne, like his fellow students in the Adult Transition Program in Oak Lawn-based…
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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?
This article was published on the Hechinger Report by Sarah Gonser on January 26, 2021. On a shelf in her Chicago classroom, third grader Arianna has a thick binder that details her achievements, strengths and goals as a student, along with some revealing information about her personality. It describes her love of guitar and singing…
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HSE art teacher builds adaptive art class for special education students
This article was published on WISHTV by Brenna Donnelly on January 28, 2021. FISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — One art teacher at Hamilton Southeastern High School is truly living the cliche: ‘art is for everyone.’ Mr. Dan Moosbrugger recently created a peer mentoring art class, combing general education students and HSE’s “Exceptional Learner” students, or those…
