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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers

ED Surge

Addressing Learning Differences and Reading Challenges Related Resources: Study White Paper: Inspire Engaged and Confident Readers Study Executive Summary Study Infographic Large Print Student Testimonials Need Answers for Student Literacy? She went on to graduate from college and is now a mother who owns her own business.

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

ED Surge

They released a white paper yesterday called “Ideas For Designing An Affordable New Educational Institution,” where they lay out a framework for essentially a new class of university that would take advantage of various trends that have emerged in the past few years. It’s unclear whether anyone is ready to step in and build an NEI.

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Will the real Montessori please stand up?

The Hechinger Report

Paved pathways weave between flowers and grassy areas to connect the six different cottages that house the school’s early childhood through middle school classrooms, library, and administrative offices. Students will not find a laptop or tablet program here; the school has three computers available in the library for older students.

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Is it useful?

Ben Newmark

Visual stress is thought to be caused by the striped effect of black writing on white paper which causes over stimulation and excitation of the visual cortex. The claim controversy around the condition and the coloured paper and lenses commonly used to treat it has been resolved is not reflected in more recent literature.

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