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Understanding How Vocabulary Affects Reading Comprehension and Educational Testing

The Role of Vocabulary in Reading Comprehension and Educational Testing Richard Capone, the CEO and co-founder of Let’s Go Learn, provides valuable insights in a YouTube video titled "Understanding How Vocabulary Affects Reading Comprehension and Educational Testing." In this video, he dives into the crucial role vocabulary plays in the realm of comprehension

By |2023-10-02T16:36:50+00:00October 2nd, 2023|Reading Curriculum|0 Comments

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

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

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 |2024-03-29T22:40:41+00:00December 15th, 2022|Reading Assessment|0 Comments

IDEA Law: Special Education Funding

“A growing body of research finds that states that have achieved both equity and adequacy see stronger achievement and graduation rates, which translate into societal savings in lower rates of crime, incarceration and welfare and higher rates of employment, wages and taxes.” (Forbes, 2019) IDEA and Special Education Funding IDEA and its

By |2022-10-29T00:42:37+00:00October 29th, 2022|Special Education|0 Comments
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