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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

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Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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OPINION: We need more problem solvers and critical thinkers for an increasingly complex world

The Hechinger Report

One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated. Since my time in Maine, personalized, competency-based learning has gained momentum as a transformative solution for equipping students with the skills and tools needed for navigating an ever-evolving future.

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Two Lexia Learning Products Honored in the 2018 Tech Edvocate Awards

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Lexia Core5 Reading was named the winner in the category for Best Literacy App or Tool. Core5 provides explicit, systematic instruction through personalized learning paths in six areas of reading. The online student dashboard encourages students to set goals and take ownership of their learning.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out. Peter Mosby is principal at Rock Ridge Elementary School in a suburb of Denver. But like any tool, it can also be abused,” he said. L]ike any tool, [threat assessment] can also be abused.

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What does ‘career readiness’ look like in middle school?

The Hechinger Report

She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab. Not only are the jobs changing, but the very landscape they will have to navigate will be changing rapidly.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. As the struggle continues, a few overarching lessons learned — about equity, expectations and communication — are now helping schools navigate this crisis on the fly. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020.

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Schools lead the way to zero-energy buildings, and use them for student learning

The Hechinger Report

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.