I accomplished a little bit more today!
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30 November 2008
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28 November 2008
Richmond readers
If you want to read a success story, and who doesn’t as the winter doldrums approach, take a look at Jennifer Dubin’s article entitled “Reading Richmond” from the fall 2008 issue of American Edcuator. Ms. Dubin recounts the story of how the Richmond (VA, US) schools improved the quality of reading instruction—using a combination of [...]
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27 November 2008
26 November 2008
Barbash on pre-k
In “Pre-K Can Work: Needy kids could benefit, but only if we use proven pedagogy and hold programs accountable,” Shepard Barbash of the City Journal describes the conditions he sees as required if pre-kindergarten programs are to benefit the US. Actually, he devotes several paragraphs to describing what’s wrong with pre-k education. Noting that [...]
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BAAM last call 09 papers
There is still time—but not much— to submit a proposal to present a paper at the annual convention of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan.
The deadline for proposal submissions for the 2009 convention of the Behavior Analysis Association of Michigan is December 1. The convention will be held February 19-20, 2009 at the [...]
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25 November 2008
AkoM founder resigns
Dr. Melvin Levine has resigned from the executive board of the widely known program called “All Kinds of Minds,” an institute he co-founded in 1995, according to a news report by Tamara Lewin in the New York (NY, US) Times and Elizabeth Cooney of the Boston (MA, US) Globe. Dr. Levine, renowned for his [...]
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24 November 2008
Improving instruction?how?
From the northern California news source Redding.com, I learned that a local school will use grant funds to help special educators improve their reading and language arts teaching. I’m curious about how the school plans to do this. Any guesses?
State grant helps Lewiston school
LEWISTON - Lewiston Elementary School has been awarded a $19,500 grant [...]
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