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While there are some nay-sayers who bring up some negative effects of technology on education in the classrooms, mainly budgetary reasons, using new technolo..

Watch a complete lesson on building analysis skills for ELLs in Special Ed. With strategic planning, you can teach students to make inferences and use supporting evidence on their own.

iPads In Special Ed: What Does The Research Say? Anya Kamenetz, npr.org

This week, NPR Ed's Eric Westervelt visited a special education classroom in New York City where iPads are being used in a novel way. Students with a range of severe disabilities, including developmental, mental, physical and autism spectrum…

iPads In Special Ed: What Does The Research Say? Anya Kamenetz, npr.org

This week, NPR Ed's Eric Westervelt visited a special education classroom in New York City where iPads are being used in a novel way. Students with a range of severe disabilities, including developmental, mental, physical and autism spectrum…

Why I wanted to become a special education teacher, I have known that I was passionate about helping those with disabilities whether it be with children, teens, or adults. It has always held a special place in my heart. I was 12 years old when I realized exactly what I wanted to do with it. I wanted to become a teacher it was perfect! I wouldnt have to sit at a desk all day and not talk to anyone I would be able to stand in front of a classroom and be hands on in my job. Id be able to see children grow into something beautiful, special, and smart. Munroe Meyer a camp for kids with disabilities is the reason I wanted to work with people with disabilities and a place a can personally thank for helping me choose my career goal in being a special education teacher. Tessas story!

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I have been tested at age 18 and my dad JUST got tested at age 54 for autism. Its important to get someone you think really knows their stuff and is nice to test you. You can get a recommendation from your primary doctor, ask your health insurance company what doctors can test you near you, or ask...

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Some students when doing sensory activities involving shaving cream or finger paint.

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THIS IS SO GREAT!!!!

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"Rahm Emanuel is not caring about our schools; he is not caring about our safety. He only cares about his kids. He only care about what he needs. He do not care about nobody else but himself. He let Barbara Byrd-Bennett, a woman that’s from Detroit who don’t even know the streets of Chicago where I’m from, come in and close these schools.” [x]

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Look at the passion y’all!!!

Teach the babies that their words matter yess

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Studies have shown that it helps, top education officials have recommended it, and now doctors are officially saying the same. On Monday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement recommending that middle and high schools del…

An AP link to this story went up on a local news Facebook page, and the comments from adults was so discouraging.

"These kids need to learn what the read world is like."

"Parents need to take away electronics and they’ll go to bed!"

"Time for parents to start whooping their kids and parenting."

"Oh look another example of catering to kids."

Like…did they not read the article? It’s freaking BIOLOGY.

I went to high school before the big technology shift. I didn’t have a TV or gaming system in my room. I had a desktop computer with dial up my junior and senior year. I had a land line phone. But I wasn’t up late talking on the phone or chatting on ICQ. I was wide awake reading or poking at my homework because I legitimately couldn’t sleep. I remember falling asleep in the shower when I was a kid.

Our day starts at 8 a.m. We already have a school day at the high school that is over an hour longer than legally required. Is it seriously that absurd to push back a half hour or an hour? And would even shifting the entire day from 8-3:15 to go 9-4:15 be more similar to the average work day?

How is this a crazy suggestion suddenly soaked in the coddling of children?

iamlittlei

We start at 7:25AM. Very few “normal” professionals start that early. I’ve been instructing for an h by the time most people are supposed to show up at work. Non-teachers tell me to run before work. Yeah, right. At 4:30AM? (Props to you,

jbizzle329

, but that’s not my thing) Catching a bus at 6:30AM and being expect to engage in rigorous intellectual work at 7:25AM is very far off from what most adult professionals experience, and that is what my students are currently subjected to. I’m not asking that we roll in at 10AM. But could we please start at 8AM? Like the real world?

commaqueen

My kiddos wrote argumentative essays about this last year and it looks like I moth have this year’s group do it too as it seems to be a hot topic.

mdmshakespeare

Our school starts at 9 (and ends at 1:30 for most kids, although I teach a late class). Many of them still can’t get there on time.

I did have a freshman once, though, who struggled and ultimately failed my morning class but aced my night class (6:00). He was much more engaged at night.

novasoulspirit-deactivated20260

DO IT NOW!

I student taught at a school that started at 8:45. It was a beautiful thing! All of us (yes, including me), were so much more well-focused and able to process things. The districts around us accommodated our later start for sports.

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