Universal Design for Learning

What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)? Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an educational framework created by David H. Rose, Ed.D. of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), that seeks to provide all learners with access to an inclusive learning environment. The guiding principle

By |2023-04-18T02:34:33+00:00April 18th, 2023|Education Reform|0 Comments

Special Education Law—Perez vs Sturgis

One of the most significant special education court cases in several years has been decided by the US Supreme Court this week. The case, Perez vs. Sturgis, clarifies the circumstances in which a disabled student has the right to sue a school district for failing to provide a “Free Appropriate Public Education” (FAPE). Students

By |2023-03-28T02:29:20+00:00March 23rd, 2023|Special Education|0 Comments

IEP Accommodations

What are IEP accommodations? Individualized Education Plan (IEP) accommodations are an important part of individualizing a student’s education plan. Accommodations are changes made to enable a student to achieve learning in their own way. Unlike modifications, accommodations do not alter the learning expectations, only the manner in which the learning goal is taught.

By |2023-02-28T04:31:16+00:00February 28th, 2023|Special Education|0 Comments

Cognitive Load Theory: How to Optimize Learning

What is Cognitive Load Theory (CLT)? Cognitive load theory (CLT) is an instructional design principle at the intersection of psychology and education which helps teachers optimize the learning potential of their students. CLT divides the storage in our brains into 2 fundamental buckets, short-term and long-term memory, and helps define instructional procedures and

By |2023-02-28T23:13:42+00:00February 22nd, 2023|Education Reform|0 Comments

Motivations for Students and Reluctant Learners

What is a Reluctant Learner? How do educators find motivations for students and reluctant learners? Virtually everyone has encountered students who experience some degree of motivation challenges. A wide variety of complex reasons help explain "reluctant learners", including problems at school, problems at home, confidence challenges, and illness. And student engagement plummeted during

By |2023-05-05T02:21:14+00:00January 19th, 2023|Education Reform|0 Comments

Adding and Subtracting Fractions with Unlike Denominators

Common Core Math Standards and Fractions The myth that Common Core is “new math” can spell disaster for teachers, kids, and parents. For one thing, Common Core has been around since 2010, so it’s hardly still in its infancy. We call the math  NEW because we still don’t know how to teach the

By |2023-01-26T19:46:32+00:00January 18th, 2023|Math Curriculum|0 Comments

Accelerated Learning with Just-in-Time Interventions

By Candace Williams & Marquise Atkinson Across the nation, students are still facing the lingering effects of learning loss due to the pandemic. For students in certain demographics, that learning loss is even more apparent. In many cases, typical approaches to catching students up have not proven effective. What can educators and administrators

By |2023-07-14T09:35:42+00:00January 6th, 2023|Reading Assessment|0 Comments

Accelerated Math Using Granular Data

By Christina Barragan & Alicia Atkinson What constitutes granular data? Granular data breaks information down into its most detailed parts. In any assessment, the data can be broken down into tiers of granularity. The broadest assessment data is represented by the summative score. From there, the data can be broken down by

By |2023-01-23T22:59:28+00:00January 5th, 2023|Math Assessment|0 Comments

Science of Reading

Multiple Meanings of the Science of Reading Executive Summary The term Science of Reading has long been applied to reading programs and frameworks. It’s undergone a myriad of changes from its early use in the 1800s to describe pronunciation of primer words, to Kenneth Goodman and Frank Smith’s use to describe their

By |2024-02-08T19:55:56+00:00December 15th, 2022|Reading Assessment|0 Comments
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