Join us in Annapolis, Mayland on August 6 & 7 for the second annual MCIE Summer Institute. The 2-day institute is designed to provide valuable insights on inclusive school leadership, team collaboration, and specially designed instruction for educators, families, and partners on the journey towards inclusive schooling.
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Dr. Teigland is one of 52 individuals chosen for the Leadership Maryland Executive Program’s 31st class, who will complete the eight-month, hands-on learning program focused on the state’s most vital issues. The program will run from April to December, and include five, two-day sessions focused on Maryland’s five main geographic regions and the most vital issues impacting economic development, education, health and human services, criminal justice, the environment, and multi-culturalism/diversity across the state. More than 100 experts representing Maryland’s business, government, education, and non-profit communities will serve as panelists and guest speakers.
Artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be the only thing people are talking about these days. And if you are in education, the opinion can run from the destroyer of the fabric of school itself to the future of humanity. But despite the hundreds, if not thousands, of articles on the place of AI in schools,
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Listen to this episode on YouTube. Show Notes About the Guest(s) Paula Kluth is the author of Don’t We Already Do Inclusion? Episode Summary: Nearly a decade ago, I recorded a podcast episode with Paula Kluth where we discussed her book, Don’t We Already Do Inclusion? During our conversation, we talked about something called “reverse
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What this is: This edition of The Weeklyish—our not‑quite‑weekly newsletter—features a written interview (not a Think Inclusive podcast episode).Prefer to listen? This issue also has an audio version you can play (check the top of the blog post). For this edition, I’m sharing an interview I did with DJ Nicholson from Inclusivology. DJ is a former public school teacher—like me—who left her school
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The following ten videos tell the stories of people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
One of the great storytellers in disability advocacy was Lou Brown, co-founder of TASH, who passed away a little over a year ago. And so today, on Tell A Story Day, I wanted to share one of Lou’s fables that he gave me permission to update and share. The story of Sally and Regina, the
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This blog post contains content created and published by the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, the TIES Center, and the University of Washington Haring Center for Inclusive Education. It is being shared with permission. Click here to access the full, original resource. Despite decades of research that prove inclusive education benefits all students,
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By Charles Walters What do you think of when you hear the term “self-determination?” Perhaps the first thing that comes to your mind involves the specific skills that we have come to associate with self-determined behavior. These are things like self-advocacy, problem solving, and choice making, to name a few. In this reflex to associate
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How do you find what percentages of students with disabilities in your school district are included over 80% of the time in general education? Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), each state must develop a State Performance Plan and publish an annual report that evaluates how they are implementing the requirements of IDEA.
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