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Author Archives: John Lloyd
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From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. search sopa & pipa at free speechmouseover(I care about my copyrights, but some things are more … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Administrivia, News
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US report on testing accommodations
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. In November the US Government Accounting Office (GAO) released a report entitled “Improved Federal Enforcement Needed to Better Protect Students’ Rights to Testing Accommodations” of a study it performed at the behest of representatives … Continue reading
Posted in LD, News, policy, Public policy, Research, Special Education, The press
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Pittsburgh doctoral training opportunity
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Special Education faculty within the Department of Instruction & Learning at The University of Pittsburgh recently received a training grant from the US Department of Education Office of Special Education to support doctoral study … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced training opportunities, Graduate students, News
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Minnesota assistant professor in early childhood special education
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. The Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota seeks a new faculty member to contribute to the research, teaching, and service in the area of Special Education, with … Continue reading
Posted in Positions in higher ed, Research, teacher education
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Open rank position at Georgia State
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Tenure-track, Open Rank, Special Education/High Incidence Disabilities The Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education at Georgia State University is seeking doctoral-degreed, tenure-track faculty applicants with a thorough knowledge of high incidence disabilities. Desired … Continue reading
Posted in assistant professor, associate professor, high-incidence disabilities, News, Positions in higher ed, professor, Research, Special Education, teacher education
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DI research fellows competition announced
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. The National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI), which is a not-for-profit organization that supports efforts to implement Direct Instruction (i.e., “big DI”) the right way, is continuing its on-going competition for fellowships to conduct … Continue reading
Posted in Graduate students, News, Requests for proposals, Research
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Assistant professor at Villanova
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Villanova University’s Department of Education and Counseling invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position effective Fall 2012. The Department seeks a teacher-scholar for a full-time, nine-month, Special Education position. Villanova is a Catholic university … Continue reading
Posted in assistant professor, education, News, Positions in higher ed, Research, Special Education
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Charles M. Huechert 1933-2011
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Charles Melvin Heuchert died 20 September 2011 in Waynesboro (VA, US). Professor Heuchert, who was known as Chuck by many friends and colleagues, was born on 30 August 1933 in Henning (MN, US) to … Continue reading
Posted in News, Obituaries
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Peabody post-doc 2012
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Postdoctoral Fellows in Special Education Intervention Research Vanderbilt University Final Slot Available for One Post-Doctoral Fellow Beginning January, 2012 for 20 Months Vanderbilt University is inviting applications for post-doctoral fellows in the two year … Continue reading
Posted in Advanced training opportunities, Positions in higher ed
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Deborah Speece Appointed Commissioner of National Center for Special Education Research
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Deborah L. Speece was named as the Commissioner of the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) on 23 August 2011. NCSER is the leading branch of the US government’s effort to study educational … Continue reading
Posted in IES, News, policy, Public policy, Research, Special Education, usa
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