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Empowering schools and #educators with the tools they need to live up to the promises made to students with disabilities by #IDEA. #SpecialEducation #EdTech

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One teacher shares her advice for teaching a student who is hospitalized and her tips for reentry into the classroom. #edchat https://t.co/Cy4fa3AXmg

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He was an N.B.A. star, his face known around the world. But when he returned to Lower Merion High School outside Philadelphia, he still called her Mrs. Mastriano. https://t.co/65CgdyJ6zq

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A few years ago, Mitchell Robins wasn’t able to tell anyone precisely what he was thinking. #autism #accessibility https://t.co/TbIqgFKQ2I

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High school evening classes are not completely unheard of. But they're not usually built around lifestyle demands. #edchat https://t.co/d02XbMU6V0

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When a false fire alarm went off, a 2-year-old golden Lab named Sierra poked her nose into the right leg of Patty Ruotolo, a special education teacher at this campus in the town of Sonoma. #spedchat https://t.co/V6xHXvGstm

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In 2013, the South Bend school district created a department to tackle the chronic problem of black students being disciplined at higher rates than others. However, 7 years later, a greater percentage of black students are suspended and expelled. #edchat https://t.co/lxYNfub68F

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This month marks a notable milestone for L.A. Unified: For the first time in more than two decades, it’s now in full control of its special education system. #spedchat #specialeducation https://t.co/F9ApIbHSU3

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Happy Friday! Check out our weekly roundup on #edpolicy, #specialeducation, free school meals, #telehalth, students with #disabilities and more in #AcceliBEAT! https://t.co/fA3dqumTgi

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“Every time they start with a seed, they get super-excited when it first grows,” special education teacher Alexis Forgit said. #spedchat #inclusion https://t.co/GIPy6dYK9d

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A Vermont bill that would make school meals free for all students is just one example of how anti-hunger advocates are pushing in the direction of universal school meals. #edchat https://t.co/kKCvPyhdiI

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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a crucial case on the First Amendment this week that could, depending on its outcome, have significant fallout for public schools. #edchat #edpolicy https://t.co/cPZCsgrbR7

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The Food and Drug Administration missed its own deadline to finalize a ban on devices used to administer electric shocks on people with developmental #disabilities. #specialneeds https://t.co/YSqMAkt3Ij

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Happy Friday! Check out our weekly roundup on #specialeducation, #dyslexia screening, new ways to identify #gifted students, students' creative app to track mobility-impaired students in the event of an emergency, and more in #AcceliBEAT! https://t.co/dPENmQuobt

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Before this month, just one student between kindergarten and second grade, a white boy, was identified as gifted at an elementary school in Memphis, TN, where half of the students are black and more than a third are Hispanic. #edchat #gifted https://t.co/piUrHXrfwh

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The Department of Education will for the first time screen entire grades for students who are at risk of dyslexia, as part of a trial-run that got underway this week at two Brooklyn elementary schools, officials told THE CITY. #spedchat https://t.co/mHLAidddXw

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Louis Braille was only twelve years old when he discovered the braille code in the 1800s. Now, 200 years later, we recognize his achievement by celebrating January as Braille Literacy Month. #accessbility https://t.co/01g89azAeI

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A group of eighth graders at Ashland Middle School like to see if they can find problems, and then they fix them. #accessibility #edchat https://t.co/fHMWknGj37

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Since Congress passed a law in 1975, federal funding for what's now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has consistently fallen short of the target included in the law, leaving state and local officials on the hook. #edpolicy #spedchat https://t.co/rKcq0fUnoz

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"He needed structure," she said. "We knew from testing that he was behind. Getting him caught up to his peers, from a social standpoint to learning prep to gear up for kindergarten, was essential." #spedchat https://t.co/M3rzaBvtZu