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Monthly Archives: February 2008
Reading Instruction over the Internet
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. I wanted to talk in a little more detail about how this is going for my student and I. I sent a box of materials via Canada Post on Wed. of last week, and expected … Continue reading
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DEC conference
The Division for Early Childhood of the International CouncilLe regole di online regole texas holdem per questa scommessa sono simili alle scommesse diritte, solo avete piu’ probabilita’ di ottenere il giusto numero. for Exceptional Children issued a reminder of its call for proposals for the conference the fall of 2008. … Continue reading
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Cal Teacher Notes
Over on Cal Teacher Blog Kevin Bibo had a nice post 4 February 2008 identifying and explaining important foci for teaching. It’s worth a read:
I don’t write much about the nuts and bolts of teaching. Mostly thats because I feel like its already been covered… extensively. But I do think that there are four major [...] Continue reading
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Research-informed policy?
The American Enterprise Institute will hold an event entitled “What 2008 Holds for Research in Education” 7 February 2008 in Washington (DC, US) at which policy analyst Rick Hess will lead a discussion of his book on how research affects educational policy. Here’s part of the hype for the event:
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Reading instruction over the Internet
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. Well, I had my first ever reading lesson over the internet today and it was great!I have some feedback issues to try to fix, but other than that it worked really well.I sent a box … Continue reading
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Reading instruction over the Internet
From Kathy over on Teacherscreech. Well, I had my first ever reading lesson over the internet today and it was great! I have some feedback issues to try to fix, but other than that it worked really well. I sent … Continue reading
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Principals? roles
In “Out of the Office and into the Classroom: An initiative to help principals focus on instruction,” Holly Holland describes an initiative aimed at promoting school principals as instructional leaders. Writing for the Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy at the University of Washington (Seattle, WA, US), Ms. Holland reports on using administrative [...] Continue reading
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Fombonne on thimerosal
Eric Fombonne has continued to voice his doubts about the putative relationship between thimerosal and Autism. In an editorial in the prestigious Archives of General Psychiatry, Dr. Fombonne, whom alert readers will remember was mentioned in an earlier EBD Blog post because of his research on this issue, makes a clear case about the problems [...] Continue reading
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National Council on Disability report
Over on SpedPro I’ve posted a snippet from the executive summary of the National Council on Disability’s (NCD) document entitled “The No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: A Progress Report.” Some readers of Teach Effectively! might find the report of interest. Jump to the post.
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CEC blog
If you don’t know about it already, you probably should take a few minutes to look through the entries on a blog that is being hosted by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). It’s been live since last fall and, over its first five months there have been about a dozen posts. The authors, who [...] Continue reading
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