This article was written by eSchool News Staff on November 17, 2023 ,and published by eSchool News.   CALGARY, AB – SMART Technologies is proud to announce the launch of the company’s latest innovation for education: the SMART Board® RX series. This revolutionary display is designed with accessibility in mind and provides teachers with the tools they need […]

This article was written by Kate Graves on November 20, 2023, and published by the National Association of Elementary School Teachers.    On Dec. 2, 1975, President Gerald Ford signed the country’s first federal special education law—the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). On IDEA’s 30th anniversary, in 2005, Special Education Day was established as […]

This article was written by Biong M. Biong on November 19, 2023, and published by the Des Moines Register.   No calculators allowed here — students who receive vision services from the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired took part in Iowa’s first Abacus Bee on Saturday. The Abacus Bee is a competition […]

This article was written by Laird Kramer on October 11, 2023, and was published by The Conversation.    College students learn more calculus in an active learning course in which students solve problems during class than in a traditional lecture-based course. That’s according to a peer-reviewed study my colleagues and I published in Science. We also found […]

This article was written by Connor Fox-Moore and Natalie Note on November 13, 2023, and published by The GW Hatchet.  A Graduate School of Education and Human Development program partnered with DC Public Schools this fall to launch an equity-centered leadership cohort for teachers and administrators. The first cohort of GSEHD’s Educational Leadership and Administration […]

This article was written by Kristen Patten on November 7, 2023 and published by The 74. This essay was originally published as part of the Center on Reinventing Public Education’s 2023 “State of the American Student” report. As part of the effort, CRPE asked 14 experts from various sectors to offer up examples of innovations, solutions […]

This article was written by Steven Yonder on October 26, 2023 and published by Edutopia.  When Jake Miller was looking for a car or refrigerator, he would borrow his father’s Consumer Reports to compare what was out there. But Miller, who spent 14 years as a science and math teacher, noticed there was nothing like […]

This article was written by Chase Nordengren on November 1, 2023 and published by The 74.    The most typical thing about today’s classrooms is how atypical they are. Enter a third-grade class in 2023, and you’ll find some students who missed kindergarten and most of first grade due to the pandemic, others who received […]

This article was written by Lauren Barack on November 1, 2023 and published by K-12 Dive.   Disability-inclusive curriculum doesn’t necessarily teach students the specifics about a disability, but it instead offers perspective from people who experience a disability. Marcus Aurelius / Pexels Alan Holdsworth started working on a disability-inclusive curriculum in 2009, reaching out to […]

This article was written by Stephen Kostrzewa on October 24, 2023, and published by Bryant University News.   A hush swept over the crowd at Bryant University’s Learning Lab as Nicole Tucker Smith, CEO of education consulting firm LessonCast, prepared to deliver keynote remarks on how Bryant’s educators can accommodate the needs and abilities of […]