When students who have disabilities arrive at Monroe High School, they’ve often spent nearly a decade learning that their differences mean they’ll be taught separately from their peers who spend their ...
When teachers use research-based practices and strategies to serve students with learning differences, they promote equity in education and help to develop the nation’s future workforce. A clearer ...
The population of higher education students is becoming increasingly diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability and other characteristics.
I’ve spent more than a decade as a special education teacher in New York City, and the hardest part of the job has never been the students; it’s been the paperwork. Too often, the IEPs and transition ...
Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect ...
When Leah Rumbarger adds up the dollars her family has spent on education services for her dyslexic daughters, she wonders how most people could ever afford it. Her family spent $4,000 for two ...
Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. That makes it the No. 1 reported barrier to academic success ...
Many musicians with a degree in music performance share their knowledge through private teaching. Unlike our colleagues with music education degrees, we do not study learning disabilities or the signs ...
Identifying and applying to “best fit” colleges can be challenging for most college-bound students. But it can be particularly perplexing for students with learning disabilities. When these students ...
The Jewish school opened 10 years ago in Nomad with 24 students. In its new building, it can accommodate 350. When 230 students return to classes at The Shefa School tomorrow, they’ll do so in a brand ...
Defense Department schools are moving students with learning disabilities into general education classrooms for some subjects, a spokeswoman for the Department of Defense Education Activity – Pacific ...