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

Edsurge

A key challenge facing RTI implementation is there is no guide or handbook. There are five essential pieces to implementing and improving an RTI assessment system: Identification of a universal screening tool that compares students to a normed-population of students in both language arts, math, social-emotional learning and behavior.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

In Toppenish School District in Washington State, serving Yakima County, however, the transfer of a student to online learning for 10 to 20 school days is used as a top-tier disciplinary sanction, according to its student handbook. The district did not respond to requests for comment. “I Louis, in the spring of 2022.

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Social and Cultural Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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Games, apps, and tools Help students build collaboration and communication skills using the tools on these lists. Best Student Collaboration Tools (by Common Sense Education) Writing, Journaling, and Blogging Website for Students (by Common Sense Education).

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Innovative ideas for school libraries

eSchool News

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Handbooks can summarize library services, events calendars, and important updates.