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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Comprehensive approach that suits everyone
In response to A’s comment below, where she asks if there isn’t a program that would be good for all children: Yes, I’m sure there is… any program that has the five elements that are suggested for kids with LD, the Lindamood, Literacy Links, Fast For… Continue reading
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IQ discrepancy and LD
I have been having a great conversation with a woman who has a personal interest in special education.We have been communicating via email messages. She has given me permission to post the ongoing conversation here.She was asking a question that is un… Continue reading
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Assessment grants
The US Department of Education announced awards worth a total of $14 million to US states to help them improve assessment of students with disabilities. According to the press release, 27 states will benefit from the awards, with each state receiving about $400 thousand; some states banded collaborated on their … Continue reading
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Time?s changing?
Time magazine, which has stopped somewhere just short of flatly endorsing unfounded concepts such as facilitated communication, seems not to be buying the vaccine-autism argument. In an article about vaccinations that currently appears on the front page of Time’s Web site, reporter Laura Blue recites the litany of benefits that … Continue reading
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Prevalence
How many students have Emotional and Behavioral Disoders? Is it 1%, 5%, 10%, or even more? What is the true prevalence of EBD?
Some children and youth with problems in the emotional and behavioral area have difficulties that do not rise to the level of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Reasonable adults … Continue reading
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Math cartoons
Fuzzy Math SalesmanYes, I have more important things to do than browse cartoons, but I just spent a bit looking at “Weapons of Math Destruction,” a string of cartoons conceived by Oak Norton and drawn by Bob Bonham. Many of these are a hoot.
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Learning Matters on NCLB reports
John Merrow of Learning Matters examined ways that education administrators of US states could make their test scores look better than they are. Under the “No Child Left Behind” rules, states can (a) remove the scores of subgroups of students from the overall results, and the scores they remove are … Continue reading
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Maternal immune activation connected to schizophrenia and Autism
Stephen Smith and colleagues have discovered why mothers who have been exposed to infectious agents during pregnancy produce offspring that have abnormalities in behavior, histology, and gene expression similar to what is seen in schizophrenia and autism. Working with rodents in the lab of Paul Patterson at California Institute of … Continue reading
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Why don’t teachers get the training in university?
Since starting Planet Literacy in 1999, I have taught scores of learners in individual reading clinics. I have taken my clinics on the road to different communities, and I have collaborated with many teachers along the way. There are a few things that … Continue reading
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Lowering the bar
According to a report entitled “The Proficiency Illusion” from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a nonprofit that is based in Washington (DC) and focuses on K-12 education policy, the tests that are being used in some US states to assess educational outcomes reflect lower (and varied) standards for success. The … Continue reading
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