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Dyslexia: hidden costs and money-saving techniques for districts

eSchool News

This should include early identification and intervention services (think kindergarten), teacher training in multi-sensory language approach, and frequent progress reports and assessments to ensure that the services are working.

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How edtech can worsen racial inequality

The Hechinger Report

Products that use voice assistant technology to measure a student’s language comprehension and creation skills are one example. Hebbar said she’s seen racial biases in some of the personalized learning software available for schools.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Policymakers will be looking to leverage their existing data sources to better understand those trends and the remaining gaps, and they will continue to look for innovative approaches to learning and ways to assess the needs of students. I can see a world where we overcorrect, however, and start to view it in a very narrow way.

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How Early Intervention with Dyslexia Benefits Your Students and Your School

edWeb.net

This should include early identification and intervention services (think kindergarten), teacher training in multi-sensory language approach, and frequent progress reports and assessments to ensure that the services are working. Finally, administrators can look for ways to pool resources from different budget streams to assist students.

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Technology Removes Obstructed Writers’ Barriers to Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

If we look at a standard day in any classroom, the activities and assessments are all channelled through writing. From elementary school grades upwards, a student may be given a book to read and asked to write a review afterwards. They then may move on to reading a poem and answering questions. I tried numerous different solutions.

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An Inside Look at the Edtech Purchasing Process

edWeb.net

Robert Furman, Principal of South Park Elementary Center, South Park Township, PA. How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Noakes: She recommended a needs assessment, as Diamond outlined, but said schools often look at the curricular content or internal infrastructure only. Small district: Dr. L.

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“It’s unfair” special education students lag behind under Common Core in Kentucky

The Hechinger Report

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Field Elementary, where nearly one out of every five students is classified as having some sort of a disability, has actually managed to do this. This includes assistive technology devices.