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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

ED Surge

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. When Jacob, a 10th grader with vision impairment, signed up for an AP class, it made him feel like a castaway. It will mean they have to act fast.

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The Idea of a Teacher Salary Minimum Is Gaining Steam in Congress. Where Has This Worked?

ED Surge

The LEAs are developing their plans, which are due in July 2026, says Rachel Hise, a member of the original Kirwan Commission and now executive director of the board that will implement the blueprint. So why a salary minimum? Money talks,” Hise says.

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How to help struggling young readers

The Hechinger Report

When I went to college [to study teaching], they tell you: ‘Here, this is the lesson plan for reading, for math, etc.,’ Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Taveras has been a teacher for four years, all of them at P.S. 218. You can’t just go black and white. It was very rigorous.”.

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

Teachers now must use lesson plans, and they finally have a curriculum to use in English, science and math classes. Teachers used no lesson plans, in any subject, and the school had no librarian. Teachers now submit weekly lesson plans, and the school selected a curriculum and purchased computers for all grades.

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