Does the social and structural system reward teachers for including all students? Unfortunately not. Does the social and structural system punish teachers for excluding certain students? Absolutely ...

An inclusive classroom means that all students are engaged in the learning process, and this engagement can lead to better retention and better engineers. What better way to engage students than with ...

Growing up, I was always taught to be inclusive to everyone, especially my classmates who I would see every day. My godbrother has autism, and being inclusive has always been important to me because I ...

In the past, special education meant being educated somewhere else. Often, this education was administered in a separate classroom, where students with learning challenges were isolated from their age ...

An inclusive early learning environment doesn’t just benefit children with disabilities or special health care needs — it also benefits their classmates, families and the community as a whole, ...

While about the same percentage of Black students declare STEM majors as white students, Black students are significantly less likely to successfully earn a STEM degree. Yet despite an increased ...

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A key tenet of inclusive teaching asks faculty members to intentionally give up or share some of their power and authority in the classroom so that students can experience a greater sense of ownership ...

Here is a real situation: a Maths or Computer Science teacher standing in front of a 100 hearing-challenged students whose can communicate only through sign language. The teacher does not know sign ...

As a college student, I never directly met another transgender or nonbinary student at my university -- a major research institution with a student population of more than 40,000. I am sure that I may ...

For the past 25 years, U.S. policy has urged schools to keep students with disabilities in the same classrooms with their general education peers unless severe disabilities prevent it. It seems a ...