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CORE (The Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education) has released a new article as a resource for educators focused on closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities. It showcases how it’s possible to make significant improvements to general education and special education practices at the same time.
More information can be found at https://corelearn.com.
The site explains that educators are able to implement strategies to close the achievement gap for students with disabilities.
CORE has worked as a trusted and advisor to more than 100,000 educators at pre-K-12 schools and districts across the country.
Visitors to the CORE website can discover that the company’s professional learning services provide the knowledge and skills educators need to implement effective, research-based classroom practices in literacy and math, which can result in sustainable academic excellence.
CORE has a highly trained team of experts and experienced pre-K-12 literacy and math consultants, which helps schools to apply the six principles of effective professional learning that lead to school-wide academic improvement.
The approach to professional learning employed by the company is based on knowledge, resources, and support. CORE says that professional learning is built to last, with a commitment that spans years.
The new article on fixing general education and special education is part of this commitment to helping schools achieve academic excellence. Students with disabilities are not making the achievement gains they should be, despite Individualized Education Plans in place.
The article goes on to explain that high-quality general education leads to significant progress for special education students. This is backed up by a new study of Boston Public Charter Schools by Elizabeth Setren.
CORE states: “Special education teachers and paraprofessionals deserve high-quality professional development, excellent materials, and the best possible support to enable them to help their struggling students.”
It adds: “However, only focusing on special education at the exclusion of general education will simply perpetuate continued over-identification of students needing special education and over-representation by children of color in special education.”
CORE believes that it’s important to work to simultaneously fix general education and make special education truly special.
Full details are available at the URL above.
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