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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

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The Power of Assessment Digging through Jason’s files and coming up empty reinforced my belief that, if we had a true district-wide RTI framework with a uniform approach to assessment, we would have uncovered Jason’s needs sooner. Although the RTI framework includes many components, Jason guided my focus on assessment.

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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

As an organization on a mission to build a strong, socially conscious and diverse tech workforce, the past year showed us where we can strengthen our existing practices and sharpen our focus and advocacy efforts to be even further out on the leading edge of innovative learning. Focus on engaging content, not seat time.

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Council of the Great City Schools Selects Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore as the 2023 Recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

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in linguistics from Stanford University, was a faculty member of the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Education from 1974 to 2004. About Curriculum Associates Founded in 1969, Curriculum Associates, LLC designs research-based print and online instructional materials, screens and assessments, and data management tools.

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How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools

The Hechinger Report

In 2004, as a new Ph.D., In 2004, the federal government reversed course on its 1970s guidance, strongly recommending that states consider alternatives. “I According to several researchers, a better—though hardly perfect—approach to assessing children for learning disabilities is “response to intervention,” or RTI.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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Before joining the faculty at UCLA he served as a tenured professor and holder of endowed chairs at New York University (2004–2015), Harvard University (2000–2003), and the University of California, Berkeley (1990–2000). Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy.

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Positive Behavior Supports Creating Meaningful Life Options for People with ASD

Digital Promise

These contexts involve social interactions, activities and routines, and biological factors (McAtee, Carr, & Schulte, 2004). Preferences can be assessed and individuals can be taught to make choices related to their preferences, thereby minimizing the frustration of seldom being able to choose what is meaningful. Giacin, T.A.,

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Diversifying Your Classroom Book Collections? Avoid these 7 Pitfalls

MindShift

That task may be easier than ever, thanks to six years of advocacy by the We Need Diverse Books campaign. Perusing a bookshop, she came across Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee, originally published in 2004. “I Assess how diverse texts show up in the curriculum. That sends a message to kids, as well,” said Stringfellow. “If