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Monthly Archives: July 2008
Great Education Law Conference
The 15th annual Education Law Conference just wrapped up in Portland, Maine. I caught up with some friends, including regular reader of this blog, professor Mark Weber. I met a whole bunch of new people who are interested in education law. I also got t… Continue reading
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Living By Sullivan’s Rules
Tom Sullivan is an amazing man. I had heard of him before, but last night I saw him interviewed on the Craig Ferguson Show. He came out with his guide dog and shared on his latest book, “Together: A Novel of Shared Vision”(Amazon’s Look Inside). Craig … Continue reading
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Future special-educator puts assistive technology to work
Joanne Sareyani and April Rickert change classrooms, Cheryl Salyer (face on computer screen) virtually goes along with them during a college class being held at Hudson High School.Special education aide Cheryl Salyer is using technology to help her con… Continue reading
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Training session helps teachers better handle autism
Helping educators to defuse tantrums of children with autism and to better meet their educational needs were elements of a weeklong training session at a Chicago-area elementary school. “We love these kids. That’s why we do this work,” said Kathy Gould… Continue reading
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Autism associated with family financial health
Guillermo Montes and Jill S. Halterman examined the relationships among multiple measures of family financial health and having a child with Autism. Based on earlier documentation that childhood autism is correlated with increases in expenses and decreases in income, they found that “Childhood autism is associated with increased enrollment into school-based settings for preschool-aged children. [...] Continue reading
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Grants and Funding Opportunities
I found this on Scholastic’s website. I hope that it’s useful.
GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
School Improvement Grants for Parent Involvement
Online
Lowe’s Toolbox for Education grant program finances school-improvement projects initiated by parents. Maximum Award: $5,000. Eligibility: K-12 schools (including charter, private, and parochial schools) and parent groups associated with a nonprofit, K-12 schools. Deadline: Oct. 17, 2008.
http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/
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It?s better?
“It is better to build children than repair adults.” — Author Unknown —
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Block Scheduling Controversy in Milford School District
This is the second part of a series inspired by a recent article in the News Journal about State Testing Results in Delaware. You can find other parts of this series filed in the “state testing” category.
In the article, Mr. Bob Smith, superintendent of the Milford School District, credits part of Milford’s success to [...] Continue reading
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Reading First national conference
Despite the distressing recent news about funding for the US Reading First program, the annual conference is in full swing and there seems to be a lot of enthusiasm for the program here at the site in Nashville (TN, US). As I understand, there are >5000 educators from all around the US who have registered [...] Continue reading
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Tough Changes and Controversy: Chancellor Michelle Rhee & President George Parker
From Shane over on SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER in WASHINGTON DC.
Posted in DC Public Schools, IDEIA 2004, Teachers/ Educators, WTU
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