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How a Tutor Can Help a Student With Dyslexia: Empowering Success Through Specialized Support

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These methods may include phonemic awareness exercises, structured literacy programs, and the incorporation of technology tools. Theyre familiar with structured literacy programs such as Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, and other research-based approaches proven to support dyslexic learners.

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Districts are still struggling with low reading proficiency. These barriers are probably why.

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Few prep programs, if any, include a curriculum conferring scientifically-based reading instruction methods or the five components of literacy. Too often, allocated professional development time is squandered on low-priority topics, like selecting books based on a theme rather than developmental appropriateness.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

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Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. This edited volume comprises 19 book chapters divided into two sections: (a) primary and secondary settings; and (b) postsecondary settings. Dr. Erik M.

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What Are the Big Higher Education Stories for 2024?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There will be ongoing coverage of the end of affirmative action in admissions, says Dr. Stella Flores, an associate professor in the departments of Educational Leadership and Policy and Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. Bonner has his own book series with Routledge, titled Diverse Faculty in the Academy.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Applauds Senators Susan Collins, Jon Tester, Shelley Moore Capito, and Tammy Baldwin for Reintroducing Bill to Strengthen the Federal TRIO Programs

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If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.

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President Biden Continues to Prioritize Federal TRIO Programs in FY 2024 Budget

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If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It instructed the University to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs under whatever name, and to cease any admissions or hiring practices that consider race, gender, or even proxies for race. And if we cannot teach, we cannot build the critical literacies that this moment demands. Weve seen this before.