Posted in Social Issues and Ideas on Oct 30th, 2005 No Comments »
Scientists Tie Two Additional Genes to Dyslexia: “The findings strongly support the idea that many people with severe reading problems may have a genetic disorder that affected their brains before birth.” The article goes on to say that scientists think that they will have a cheeck-swab generic test for dyslexia within two years. This is [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Oct 26th, 2005 No Comments »
Some New Help for the Extremely Gifted: “Children who have I.Q.’s of 160 and above are often overlooked when schools concentrate on the average.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 25th, 2005 2 Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at The Gow School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro During a break from the recent rainy deluge, I visited the Gow School, the nation’s oldest preparatory school for 143 language learning disabled students, grades 7-12. Founded in 1926, it is located in South Wales, NY, just outside of Buffalo and is for boys [...]
Posted in K-12 Schools on Oct 20th, 2005 1 Comment »
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Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 16th, 2005 No Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at The Hamilton School at Wheeler © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The Hamilton School is a “school-within-a-school†near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Hamilton shares facilities and resources with the Wheeler School, a more traditional mainstream and older (1889) school. This “school within a school†model is unique amongst schools for kids [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Tucked in Katrina Relief, a Boon for Online Colleges: “A Senate bill proposing assistance for pupils and educators affected by Hurricane Katrina might offer a potential bonanza for profit-making online colleges.” (Via NYT > Education.)
Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 12th, 2005 No Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at The Greenwood School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The Greenwood School is a junior boarding school for 40 boys with specific learning disabilities, aged 9-15, and is located in Putney, Vermont. This is a school designed to meet the needs of those with language processing related challenges such as dyslexia. With boys [...]
Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 11th, 2005 13 Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at Landmark School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro Landmark School, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, about 25 miles north of Boston, is a coed boarding and day school for children with language-based learning disabilities from grades 2-12. Founded in 1971, Landmark now has two campuses. The high school campus, centered on a historical estate [...]
Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 8th, 2005 9 Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at The Carroll School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The Carroll School is a day school for upwards of 240 students, located outside of Boston, in Lincoln, Massachusetts. This school, founded in 1967, is for children aged 6 through 13, who have dyslexia or related language learning disabilities. The Carroll School has a [...]
Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 7th, 2005 No Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at The Kildonan School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The Kildonan School is a boarding and day school for approximately 140 students grades 2-12 (with an optional post graduate year available), and is located in Amenia, NY just down the road from Maplebrook Academy. The elementary program, grades 2-6, is for day students [...]
Posted in LD Support Professionals on Oct 6th, 2005 No Comments »
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Posted in Shapiro Looks at K-12 Schools on Oct 6th, 2005 8 Comments »
Sanford Shapiro looks at The White Oak School © 2005 Sanford Shapiro The White Oak School is a day school west of Springfield Massachusetts that serves emotionally intact students who are between the ages of 9 and 18 with (primarily) language-based learning disabilities. David Drake, who continues as head of school, founded White Oak in [...]