Monthly Archives: November 2007

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education
at Indiana University, the flagship campus of the Indiana University
system and a major comprehensive research university, invites
applications for an open rank position in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
The successful candidate will lead a major new initiative in Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the … Continue reading →

Time graphic
To what extent does a US state’s high-stakes test correspond with a consistent standard assessment? Using data from the Education Trust and the Colorado (US) Department of Education Time magazine’s Feilding Cage (with help from Jackson Dykman) created one of those nifty Flashy things that provides an interactive means … Continue reading →

On a couple of those ubiquitous self-help sites on the Web I found the same article about Learning Disabilities. Entitled “Dyslexia: Diagnosing If Your Child Has It,” the article presents an apparently heartfelt view, but the content is questionable on mutliple counts.

It promotes the discrepancy approach to identification.
It mixes phonemic awareness with phonics.
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CSUCI is accepting applications for tenured/tenure track faculty at the Assistant, Associate or Professor level for each of the following positions.

Educational Leadership and Administration

Foundations of Education; Multicultural Multilingual

Special Education; Mild Moderate

Educational Leadership and Administration-Open Rank

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching in the Masters of Arts … Continue reading →

Liz Ditz, who has often identified instances of bologna masquerading a fine cuisine, has posted notes about the Woo Handbook, a product of Skeptico. Check out her recent entry, “Just in Time: The Woo Handbook and The Woo-Woo Credo”

Skeptico apparently has found a guide to countering scientific thinking. Skeptico … Continue reading →

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

Boston University invites nominations and applications for the
position of Dean of the School of Education. The University has begun
an exciting era in its history under the leadership of President
Robert A. Brown and Provost David K. Campbell. At this moment of
enormous opportunity, the School … Continue reading →

In a comparison of students’ literacy in 40 countries, fourth-grade-age children in Russia, Hong Kong, and Singapore have the highest levels of literacy. Although the average score for students in the United States and England was above the scale average, those scores ranked 17th and 18th, respectively.
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Dogs as reading monitorsWouldn’t it be great if kids would learn to read by reading aloud to dogs? According to Yolanne Almanzar of the Miami (FL, US) Herald, that is what’s happening in some Florida schools.

Writing under the headline, “Dogs lend ears to young readers: A program helps elementary … Continue reading →

Professor Dorothy Bishop of the University of Oxford’s Department of Experimental Psychology found the evidence favoring Dore Achievement Center efficacy to be wanting. Writing in an official journal of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Professor Bishop cautioned physicians and other clinicians not to accept inadequate evidence for the program.
Dore Achievement Centres are springing up [...] Continue reading →