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How to work for equity of access in classrooms

eSchool News

Here are five key strategies to ensure equity of access: 1. Digital inclusion and accessibility: Embrace digital tools while ensuring they are accessible to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background or ability. Digital resources can play a significant role in expanding the accessibility of diverse materials.

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3 strategies to support inclusive learning

eSchool News

The LRE ensures that students under IDEA are offered equitable access to education alongside their non-disabled peers. This requires some training for educators on how to create more inclusive classrooms. This ensures that every student has access to individualized support that suits their unique needs.

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Advancing educational equity with UDL and generative AI

eSchool News

Educators with a mind towards equity typically excel at access. These questions are around the accessibility, flexibility, lack of bias, validity, and reliability of our learning activities. Question Description Generative AI Prompt Accessible Who can participate in the lesson and who can not?

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Addressing the root causes of chronic K-12 absenteeism

eSchool News

Students who miss school also miss important social interaction with their peers, access to regular meals and special services such as speech therapy or counseling. The latest data shows that the number of public school students who miss at least 10 percent of their school days–whether excused or unexcused–has nearly doubled.

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Bring Powerful Maker Learning Experiences to Learners

Digital Promise

To dig deeper and reflect, we asked ourselves: Who represents the populations historically underserved and denied access to making experiences? In what ways can we be more intentional about addressing equity of access to our programs? Our reflections helped us realize we were moving too quickly.

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Leading is learning

eSchool News

Mission accomplished. The skill set was learned and the only thing to do was to put it into practice.

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Today’s Innovations are Tomorrow’s Practices: Adapting Learning to Meet Students

Digital Promise

When COVID closed the door on in-person schooling in spring 2020, one of the biggest concerns for school districts was how to address the needs of students who experience cognitive learning challenges and/or physical disabilities. Read blogs on other roundtables hosted by Digital Promise, SETDA, and CoSN: SETDA: Equity of Access.