EALA

Theme: Teaching and Learning Strategies

  • 10 Useful Tech Tools for Educators in 2026: A Practical Guide

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    The massive number of apps and sites clamoring for teachers’ collective attention can be exhausting. So this guide is intended to help you gauge what’s actually worth your time. Each of these top 10 tools is valuable whether you’re working with little kids, grad students, or learners in between. These services are all free to try, with paid…

  • Youth Project Framework for Students with IDD and Autism

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    The Youth Project aims to empower students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and Autism by providing them with self-advocacy tools, identifying their learning styles, and exploring post-secondary pathways in college, entrepreneurship, vocational, and trade programs.

  • The Science of Reading and Dual Language Education: Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Language and Literacy Development

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    This report reviews the state of the science and the state level policy on the Science of Reading (SOR) as it applies to emergent bilingual children, or those in early childhood learning two languages at the same time (dual language learners), or those in K-12 learning English as a second language (English Learners).

  • Demonstration Classrooms

    Demonstration Classrooms

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    The Special Education Cooperative’s Demonstration Classrooms Report highlights a professional learning model that uses classroom demonstrations to share instructional practices. The report details how these classrooms were structured, what strategies were used, and how schools and educators applied lessons learned.

  • A for Effort, Needs Improvement on Execution: Lessons Learned from Failures of AI EdTech Tools

    A for Effort, Needs Improvement on Execution: Lessons Learned from Failures of AI EdTech Tools

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    This report from the Center for Democracy & Technology reviews challenges with AI-based education tools. It outlines how issues with design, implementation, and oversight have limited their effectiveness and offers considerations for future use.

  • Reducing Seclusion in Minnesota Schools: A Community-Led Advocacy Success

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    This case study examines a specific challenge and success story in education advocacy: the defense of a critical policy in Minnesota aimed at reducing the use of seclusion in schools. We will explore how EdAllies, a Minnesota-based organization, mobilized a community-led coalition to protect a recently enacted ban on seclusion for young students, highlighting transferable…

  • Assistive Technology Resource Guide

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    This guide helps school teams understand how to review, choose, and document tools and devices that support students’ learning. It explains what these tools are, how to decide if they are needed, options for funding, and how to include them in an IEP.

  • Principal Navigator: Special Educator Retention

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    This resource is an interactive tool that helps school and district teams strengthen student and teacher retention. It provides research-based strategies, practical tools, and examples from schools to improve school culture, support staff, and engage families.

  • Cultivating a Strong Assistive Technology Program

    Cultivating a Strong Assistive Technology Program

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    This resource from The Arc provides practical guidance on developing and sustaining strong assistive technology (AT) programs in schools and districts. It highlights best practices for evaluating student needs, integrating AT into instruction, training staff, and partnering with families to ensure students with disabilities have the tools they need to access learning and thrive.

  • From Vision to Action: The Collaboration Behind Inclusion Today

    From Vision to Action: The Collaboration Behind Inclusion Today

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    This podcast episode from Think Inclusive spotlights how the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) and the Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education (MCIE) worked together to move inclusive education from concept to practice. It highlights a national campaign launched to expand inclusive learning environments, reflecting on the collaborative process, shared vision, and strategies that can guide…