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As Enrollment Lags, Colleges Send Acceptances to Students Who Haven't Applied

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The State College of New York mailed roughly 125,000 high school students letters offering them direct admission to their local community college starting this fall. All students had to do to secure a spot was provide a little bit of personal information and enter the code “ADMIT” into a simplified form.

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Best Navigation Apps for People with Visual Impairment

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The purpose of this post is to share with you this collection of some of the best navigation apps to use with students or anyone with visual impairment. Users are advised to keep watch of how the app is using their batteries. For more special education apps I recommend this list of the best apps for people with visual impairment.

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When Universal Design Promotes Inclusion of All Students

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The goal of inclusive education is to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or abilities, has an equal opportunity to learn and succeed. Chris Bugaj , an assistive technology specialist for Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia, is quick to advise teachers new to UDL to provide options to their students.

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How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture

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As a teacher, it filters through my relationships with students and into the curriculum I curate. When I was a student, I struggled to see my people represented in curricula, so when I design Spanish and social studies classes, I work to decolonize my lessons and reclaim Indigenous history.

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Nonprofit News Literacy Project Welcomes Former Educator as CEO, With Plans to Expand

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Salter, who currently serves as NLP’s president and chief operating officer, will bring his background in education—as a teacher, a principal, a superintendent, and a nonprofit leader—to the organization’s growing staff. Indeed, it would turn out to be even more critical than he anticipated. 6, 2021, chief among them.

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

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As the founder of an organization that provides social-emotional learning (SEL) experiences for preK-12 students, educators and families, and a mother of three, I spend a great deal of time considering what this crisis means for schools and communities. Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students.

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Let’s Change Financial Aid to Help Students Who Pay Their Own Way Through College

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I got straight As—and even wrote a book advising other students how to do the same. Their financial aid website promised that they wouldn’t let a lack of financial means prevent any qualified admitted student from attending. Students are blessed or cursed based on parental financial decisions they have no control over.

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