It’s not enough for schools to help students with learning differences or disabilities shore up their academic weaknesses. Students also need to learn how to communicate with others—particularly ...

Special education teacher Andrea “Dre” Singleton pointed to a binder full of restaurant logos, as she helped her three adult students with disabilities bake brownies for a holiday event the week ...

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"When we design for the full range of human experience, we build better systems for everyone," said Chris Lemons, co-author and incoming faculty director of the Learning Differences Initiative. "Tools ...

The English learner population in the United States stands at about 5.2 million students. Sixteen percent of these students also have disabilities. So, in addition to English-language instruction, ...

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. It’s time to rethink disability accommodations in higher education. While essential for ensuring ...

While the recent months have been a flurry of news around education, we’re becoming distracted from the very real challenges students are facing in the classroom. Because when speaking with parents, ...

Andragogy, a term initially coined by the German educator Alexander Kapp in 1833, was later popularized by American educator Malcolm Knowles. It signifies a shift in educational methods and practices, ...

Many musicians with a degree in music performance share their knowledge through private teaching. Unlike our colleagues with music education degrees, we do not study learning disabilities or the signs ...

Counting bears are frequently used in early childhood classrooms and may be especially useful for students with math disabilities as they learn that numbers correspond with a certain quantity of items ...