Monthly Archives: March 2008

William C. Morse, one of the major influences during the 1950s-90s on the education and treatment of children and youths with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, died 25 January in Michigan, at 92 years of age. Professor Morse was born in Erie (PA, US) in 1915 and spent his academic career at the University of Michigan. [...] Continue reading →

Those clever folks over at Weapons of Math Destruction have stuck yet again with another witty take-down of mal-education in the mathematics area.
As much as I like this one, I think the image of the face for the child “on fuzzy math” should be different. I see fuzzy math and its cousins as resulting [...] Continue reading →

While we’re on the subject, Ed Week reporter Christina Samuels posted some notes about an interview with Lou Danielson on RTI; they discussed federal assistance on RTI, how to take RTI to scale, and due process issues. Here’s a link to an entry on Ms. Samuels’ blog about the conversation.
Remember that Teach Effectively! has [...] Continue reading →

Later today (19 February), the Center for Comprehensive School Reform and Improvement will host a Webcast entitled “Making Algebra Work: Instructional Strategies That Deepen Student Understanding.” It will feature Jon R. Star, Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education. Professor Star, who studied at the University of Michigan, specialized in students mathematics learning during the [...] Continue reading →

Joe Torgesen, Barbara Foorman, and Richard Wagner of the Florida Center for Reading Research published an excellent overview of dyslexia that is readily available for public download. Although the title, “Dyslexia: A Brief for Educators, Parents, and Legislators in Florida,” makes it sound as if it is only applicable to people in a specific [...] Continue reading →

Education Week announced an Internet-mediated chat entitled “Helping Struggling Students: ‘Response to Intervention.’” It’s slated for Wednesday 20 February at 2 p.m. Eastern time. Readers can learn more about it by visiting the site www.edweek-chat.org. There are links available there to read background articles about RTI that have appeared previously in Ed Week and to [...] Continue reading →

TE readers will likely recognize acronyms such as BEE, CSRQ, EEPI, and WWC from previous post on this site. In addition to having been cited in posts, they (along with the Campbell Collaboration) are listed among the Web resources in a sidebar. They are there of a purpose: These sites are important sources of reasoned [...] Continue reading →