College life is a significant adjustment for incoming students. The adjustment can be overwhelming for some students with disabilities. No student—with or without a disability—must deal with this adjustment alone. Students with disabilities can find campus support groups. These might …
Young guitar players pick up the instrument for the first time expecting to sound like their favorite guitar heroes. Minutes into that first experience comes the stark realization that making any kind of music with this wooden contraption will take …
IEP meetings hold a symbolic and practical position as the core of educational planning for students with disabilities. Parents can become nervous in anticipation of IEP meetings. This is especially true for parents who are new to specially education processes, …
Mobile technology has broad utility in contemporary classrooms. Teachers and administrators might find smartphones to be complicated nuisances at times. Despite this, the worth of smartphones as instructional tools can’t be denied. One particularly useful application of smartphones is in …
Students with disabilities are as entitled as any other students to take assessments such as the SAT. Per their disabilities, they might need accommodations to effectively participate. The SAT might not be a valid measure of ability without accommodations. The …
Most middle school and high school literature courses include some introduction to world mythology. It continues to be part of curricula for good reasons. The archetypes found in literature from cultures around the world have their roots in the mythologies …
School music programs can include more than instrumental instruction or theory lessons. To expand a program’s utility, teachers can include experiences with music production. Twenty years ago, doing this was impractical. Today, consumer-level music production tools are inexpensive and don’t …
Special education can be overwhelming for parents, especially those whose children have complicated needs. Due to the requirements of special education law, schools inundate parents with a barrage of paperwork that can seem arbitrary and redundant. While navigating complicated special …
School evokes a variety of responses from students. It can produce anxiety like few other experiences a young person can have. Even for college students, anxiety can still play a big role in their day to life so if you …
Parents and teachers sometimes become nervous when a teenage student fails to show much interest in school or in planning for the future. Fears emerge that an unambitious or unmotivated student will squander his or her potential, settling for a …