Students with disabilities often have only vague notions about the content of their IEPs. Transition interviews too often reveal that many of these students have a weak understanding of the services they receive. Some don’t know why they have IEPs. …
English teachers often worry the novels they’re scheduled to teach will fly over the heads of their students. In some schools, these teachers might have entire classes of students whose reading levels are significantly below grade level. Naturally, this deepens …
The presidential election will dominate the news in 2016. This makes the entire year a teaching opportunity. Teachers, tutors, and parents who provide social studies instruction will have heaps of current subject matter to use when creating and implementing lessons …
As students with disabilities approach graduation from high school, IEP teams might wish to consider scaling back the accommodations in the IEP. This might seem like a way to undermine student success, making parents reluctant to agree to the idea. …
Graffiti appeals to youth culture, making a unit on graffiti an easy sell to students. Such a unit could be appropriate for a middle school or high school art class. A briefer version—or aspects of it—could fit in a social …
A perennial struggle for English teachers is helping students connect with literature. This can be most challenging with some of the archaic works of the traditional canon. The themes might be universal, but the dated language and sheer density of …
A previous post on iAchieveLearning.com detailed the value of Section 504 plans for incoming college freshmen with disabilities. This post will discuss some of the specific conditions for which a 504 plan could be written to address. Parents of students …
Homeschooling a student doesn’t mean foreclosing on interactive writing exercises. The absence of immediate peers does pose a practical challenge to cultivating interaction. However, a homeschooling parent or tutor might have more flexibility to provide authentic writing experiences than a …
With winter approaching (even a seemingly mild one), thoughts of cycling as a practical means of commuting might be on hold until spring. Actually, for parents looking to encourage children to ride their bicycles to school, winter is the time …
A few music teachers will have the opportunity to teach survey courses about music history. Some will present broad a curriculum encompassing the whole of Western music, while others will focus on 20th Century popular music. The closer the content …