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Category Archives: Public policy
Virginia mental health needs
From JohnL over on EBD Blog. In a statement entitled “A proposal that would assist troubled youths in Virginia” the Washington Post editorial board lent its support to efforts to fund mental health services for children and youth. The editorial, … Continue reading
Posted in advocacy, community, current issues, Families, mental health, Musings, News, policy, Public policy, The press, youth
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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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Free gift from Education Consumers Foundation!
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Isn’t it unusual to get something for free that is actually worth a lot? The good folks over at Education Consumers Foundation (ECF) are giving away a small book that is quite valuable, and … Continue reading
Posted in achievement, Administration, arithmetic, Arithmetic and mathematics, Assessment, Behavior management, Bookshelf, Content learning, Direct Instruction, Early Childhood, effectiveness, efficacy, Elementary, evidence, evidence-based education, literacy, logic, mathematics, News, policy, preschool, Primary, Professional development, Public policy, reading, reason, reforms, Research, secondary, Special Education, spelling, standards, teacher education, teachers, teaching, The press, Written Expression
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It’s the teaching that matters
From JohnL over on Teach Effectively!. Does all the verbiage about the ills of education make you wonder about the reasoning skills of educational reformers? Well, it does make me have questions. I practice resisting the urge to walk away … Continue reading
Posted in achievement, Administration, effectiveness, efficacy, evidence, logic, Musings, News, policy, Public policy, teachers, teaching, The press
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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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Full US IDEA funding proposed again
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Over on On Special Education Nirvi Shah reported that Senator Tom Harkin and colleagues once again introduced a bill proposing that the US federal government pay its full (i.e., 40%) share of the costs … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, IDEA, News, Public policy, The press
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Prevalence of developmental disorders
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Coleen Boyle and colleagues from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau reported in Pediatrics that, although data about the prevalence of developmental disabilities in the … Continue reading
Posted in Disability, News, Public policy, Research, The press
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Virginia campaign promotes action agenda
From JohnL over on EBD Blog. The Campaign for Children’s Mental Health outlined an agenda for improving mental health policy for children and youths in the US commonwealth of Virginia on 14 June 2011. The “Action Agenda” expresses the need … Continue reading
Posted in community, current issues, Families, mental health, mental illness, News, Parents, policy, public health, Public policy, The press, treatment, youth
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Milwaukee parents allege voucher program discriminates against students with disabilities
From John Lloyd over on SpedPro. Should students with disabilities get to use vouchers, too? Should private schools have to accept them? Some parents say some private schools aren’t taking vouchers from students with disabilities and they are complaining. Journalists … Continue reading
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Altering Autism insurance coverage legislation in VA
From JohnL over on EBD Blog. Writing in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Olympia Meola reported on potential changes in support for insurance coverage for therapy for children with Autism in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the US. Under the headline … Continue reading