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The Ability Challenge's mission is to transform how schools serve students with diverse learning needs.

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Joined August 2018
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Educators: Which sounds like your school? 1) isolated staff 2) reactive behavior response 3) compliant-but-not-useful IEPs 4) vision with no plan 5) data nobody has time to use. Comment your number #SpecialEducation #InclusiveEducation #SchoolLeadership
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1 in 5 students have learning differences. Join The Ability Challenge, Digital Promise, and RocketPD Sept. 23, 3 PM ET, for a free national panel on learner variability and inclusive classroom design. Register: bit.ly/4AlpLjU #InclusiveEducation #LearnerVariability
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On site at partner schools in DC this week for beginning-of-year visits: baseline data, co-observation, and setting this year up on evidence instead of guesswork.  #InclusiveEducation #SpecialEducation #TheAbilityChallenge
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Burlington School District went from 1 director holding special ed together to 3 associate directors running it without us in the room. IEP quality increased by 67%. Read the case study: bit.ly/4giPWzE
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Board meeting day: reviewing the year so far and setting priorities for what's next. Good governance is unglamorous and necessary.  #Nonprofit #BoardOfDirectors #TheAbilityChallenge
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A compliant IEP isn't always a high-quality IEP. See the difference between checking boxes and building a plan a teacher can actually use, plus what patterns in IEP quality reveal about Tier 1 instruction. #SpecialEducation #SchoolLeadership bit.ly/4iZPqbl

IEP Quality: Why Compliance Isn't Enough

A compliant IEP isn't always a high-quality IEP. Learn how school leaders can build a shared standard for IEP quality and improve practice.

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Didn't get to give during our campaign? You still can. If you know a child who struggled to find a school that valued them, this is what your gift funds. We need it this year: bit.ly/4xmmcrs
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Welcome to The Ability Challenge board, Phillip Nguyen-Tran, Chief Impact & Partnerships Officer at Chiefs for Change, who has helped 70+ nonprofits grow their impact. A first-gen grad of WSU, Hopkins, and Harvard. bit.ly/4zLtVky #TheAbilityChallenge
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Today: a Scaling Up session with our Gratitude Network fellowship cohort. 10 hours of strategy and ops work built for nonprofit leadership teams, not just founders. Can't wait to learn and grow as a team.
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It's Attendance Awareness Month. Showing up isn't the same as being taught. For students with disabilities, attendance data means little without IEP quality and inclusive practices data next to it.  #AttendanceAwarenessMonth #SpecialEducation #InclusiveEducation
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Welcome to The Ability Challenge board, Lindsay DeHartchuck, a literacy leader at the American Institutes for Research whose work at KIPP reversed the K-2 literacy opportunity gap for students with disabilities. bit.ly/4xGI6pG #SpecialEducation #TheAbilityChallenge
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SPED teachers aren't leaving over pay. 15% leave every year, mostly over caseloads, isolation, and unclear roles. One principal fixed it and hit 95% retention. Read how: bit.ly/4gUWAw4
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Our Inclusive Schools Blueprint turns a needs assessment into a real plan: 3 stages, 10 sessions, all 5 THRIVE elements. Districts that start this fall walk into January planning ready, not guessing. bit.ly/3Uj7tiI
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Because of you, more kids belong. Our giving campaign closed this week, and every gift trains a leader or IEP team building inclusion as the norm, not the exception, at their school this year. Thank you for your generosity. #GivingBack #TheAbilityChallenge
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To every special ed teacher, paraprofessional, related service provider, and school leader walking back into a building this week: thank you. Genuinely. Tag a colleague who's already showing up for someone this week. They deserve to see this. #ThankATeacher #BackToSchool
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Final days of our campaign, and here's the truth: we notice every gift, even the ones that feel small to give. Every dollar trains a leader or IEP team building inclusion as the norm, not the exception. Give before we close: hubs.ly/Q04sscwh0 #GivingBack #SpecialEducation
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It's 10 am, a student just flipped a desk, and every adult in the room makes a split-second call. 80% of teachers feel underprepared for moments like this. Our free Behavior Toolkit walks your team through a real 4-step process. Download: hubs.ly/Q04ssQdy0
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Every leader can describe the inclusive school they want. Almost none have a plan to get there. The Inclusive Schools Blueprint moves your team: Inspect, Interpret, Intervene, with a plan, timeline, and roles. #InclusiveEducation #THRIVEFramework hubs.ly/Q04ssBHv0
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There are two kinds of classroom walkthroughs: the ones that build trust, and the ones that happen because something went wrong. Start in week two, while it's low-stakes, not week twelve after a rough quarter. What would that take at your school? #SchoolLeadership #Coaching
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