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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

The Hechinger Report

While 20 percent of elementary and secondary students have a learning disability, 94 percent of those students received some sort of help or accommodation while in high school. We must work to increase accessibility on college campuses across the country and seek to defeat the stigma that often holds students with disabilities back.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. “ FY 2008 $267,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Here’s the U.S.

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Top Tips for Teaching Online From Educators Doing It Now

edWeb.net

In regard to the online content she provides, Olivia focuses on making it accessible through the use of pictures, emojis, and screen shots. Setting the Course for Secondary Students. Data use is another key aspect of teaching secondary students online, as it shows what is working and what needs to be changed.

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Essential Guide to Digital Citizenship for CIPA and E-Rate

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The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-rate, is a federal program through which schools and libraries can apply for funds to purchase hardware, internet access, and telecommunications to connect their students to learning opportunities.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. The last time schools were fully funded, in 2008, the state spent roughly $2.56 billion on elementary and secondary education.

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Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

The Hechinger Report

But Say Yes also provides students with support specialists like Stubbe, access to medical and dental care, mental health counseling and legal clinics, plus after-school enrichment activities, college-readiness programs and mentoring; it provides students’ parents with job-readiness workshops and referrals to housing services.

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Is Estonia the new Finland?

The Hechinger Report

Fifth-graders at Konguta Kool – an elementary school in a small Estonian village – prepare for a math lesson in the computer lab. Families with the most money often have access to the best child-care centers and most elite colleges. But by 2008, they abandoned the practice. “It Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz. They just vegetated.”.