Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jul 21st, 2005 1 Comment »
Elizabeth Hall, 95, Is Dead; Began Innovative College: “Elizabeth Blodgett Hall concluded that bored high school students should be sent straight to college and started Simon’s Rock College to prove the point.” I highly recommend reading this article. Elizabeth Hall’s innovative ideas about the transition between high school and college have had a profound effect [...]
Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Jul 20th, 2005 3 Comments »
Captured Time Productions is beginning work on a new documentary called: Dislecksia: The Movie. They’d like to hear from a variety of people with dyslexia who have interesting stories to tell. Captured Time Productions, LLC 55 Hutchinson Parkway Litchfield, CT 06759 860-567-0675 captime@optonline.net captime.blogspot.com/
Posted in Books and Videos on Jul 18th, 2005 No Comments »
Title: Success with Struggling Readers: The Benchmark School Approach Author: Irene West Gaskins Publisher: Guilford Publications Date Published: May 2005 ISBN: 1-59385-169-3
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jul 16th, 2005 No Comments »
Students Say High Schools Let Them Down: “A large majority of high school students say they would work harder if courses were more demanding or interesting, according to an online nationwide survey of teenagers.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jul 13th, 2005 No Comments »
Study Great Ideas, but Teach to the Test: “With the rise of writing portions on standardized tests, the five-paragraph essay has become the law of the land.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Technology Issues and Ideas on Jul 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Arizona School Will Not Use Textbooks and instead will use iBooks. It’s about time. Not sure how this will work but this certainly is the first of many such experiments to come.
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Jul 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Applied Learning Processes 430 East Blue Ridge Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64145 816-942-6808 appliedlearningprocesses.com We specialize in intensive, multi-sensory therapies for receptive/expressing language, reading, spelling, visual-motor and math difficulties. Services are provided in both partial-day and full-day format.
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Jul 12th, 2005 No Comments »
The Association of Educational Therapists 1804 West Burbank Boulevard Burbank, CA 91506 818-843-1183 800-286-4267 www.aetonline.org The Association of Educational Therapists is the national organization for educational therapists and allied professionals working with people who exhibit learning disabilities and learning problems.
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Jul 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Dr. Dana Weinstein 54 South Ave. Marietta, GA 30060 770-352-9952 770-919-0145 info@atlantachildpsych.com www.atlantachildpsych.com
Posted in Colleges on Jul 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Chemeketa Community College 4000 Lancaster Drive NE Salem, OR 97309 503-399-5000 www.chemeketa.edu
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jul 9th, 2005 No Comments »
Education Official Suggests Expansion of Testing: “Margaret Spellings, the education secretary, suggested that the federal No Child Left Behind law could be expanded to include other subjects.” Ugh! Many things worth knowing cannot readily be measured. Many things that can readily be measured are not worth knowing. – Bart Pisha (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in K-12 Schools on Jul 7th, 2005 No Comments »
The Metropolitan School 7281 Sarah Rd. St. Louis, MO 63143 314-644-0850 314-644-3363 fax nsmith@metroschool.org www.metroschool.org