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By Micah Miner The latest NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) scores reveal an alarming yet unsurprising truth: our students lack basic knowledge of civics and history. Only 22% of 8th graders are proficient in civics, and 14% in history.
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By Amy Foxwell, originally published in Equity & Access Meeting the needs of learners who need accommodations takes more than tacking a plug-in onto a website or LMS. Making content truly accessible takes holistic, intentional efforts by everyone from the
Where and how did you grow up? While I lived in Northern California for a bit as a toddler, I mainly grew up in a suburb of Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley. I was living in the era of
By Maureen Kelleher, originally published in the Feb/Mar 2023 issue of Equity & Access Imagine you are a high school principal in a school where the teachers are predominantly white women and the students are predominantly Latinx and Black. Imagine
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By Micah Miner Emerging technology trends, such as the metaverse, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (AI), have the potential to transform education. This is not disputed; but the questions we are grappling with now is will this transform education by
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By Patrick Brennan, Vice President of Government Relations, Learning Ally Listen to his podcast episode on the topic here. In the American education system, legislatures make the laws that govern education in their states. These policymakers shape the education landscape,
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By Carolyn Bennett Students have many diverse identities worth celebrating. Considering a tool like Johns Hopkins University’s Diversity Wheel can help students identify all the ways diverse perspectives enrich a learning community. In online classrooms with a global student body,
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By Aimee E. Rodenroth | Originally published in Equity & Access Picture this: You have a student identified with dyslexia in your class or school who is very bright, smart, and quick with oral responses. In fact, if everything was
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By Micah Miner Emerging technology trends, such as the metaverse, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (AI), have the potential to transform education. This is not disputed; but the questions we are grappling with now is will this transform education by
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By Dr. Brianne Roos & Dr. Carey Borkoski | Originally published in Equity & Access As we move through the fall, settling into the new routine of this year, the sights, sounds, and smells remind us of our days as
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