Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Aug 9th, 2008 No Comments »
New York Times Editorial: Writing Off Disabled Children
Many of America’s juvenile jails would be empty if the public schools obeyed federal law and provided disabled children with the special instruction that they need. Instead, these children are allowed to fall behind. When they act out, they are often suspended or expelled, which makes them more [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jun 25th, 2008 No Comments »
Schools, Facing Tight Budgets, Leave Gifted Programs Behind
This is not great news for numerous reasons: some LD students are gifted, there will be a backlash against special ed programs aimed at pulling up less than gifted students.
Ugh!
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Apr 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Tom Chapin performs his great song: Not On The Test.
Not On The Test
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 2006 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)
Go on to sleep now, third grader of mine.
The test is tomorrow but you’ll do just fine.
It’s reading and math, forget all the rest.
You don’t need [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Feb 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
In Bronx School, Culture Shock, Then Revival
A Hasidic Jew becomes the principal of a Latino-populated school with a history of violence. The results are dramatic.
This is an incredible story and worth taking a look at. The video (below) is incredible, made me tear up.
A Bronx School Revives
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Nov 13th, 2007 No Comments »
Brain development slower in children with ADHD-study
Children and teenagers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have developmental delays of up to three years in some regions of the brain, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
“The sequence in which different parts of the brain matured in the kids with ADHD was exactly the same as in healthy kids. [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Sep 13th, 2007 1 Comment »
Not Autistic or Hyperactive. Just Seeing Double at Times
Though she had already had two eye exams, finding her vision was 20/20, this year a school reading specialist suggested another. And this time the ophthalmologist did what no one else had: he put his finger on Raea’s nose and moved it in and out. Her eyes [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
The Disorder Is Sensory; the Diagnosis, Elusive
No one has a standard diagnostic test for these sensory integration problems, nor any idea of what might be happening in the brain. Indeed, a diagnosis of such problems is not yet generally accepted. Nor is there evidence to guide treatment, which makes many doctors, if they have heard [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on May 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Try Shopping Around for Student Loans: “There are many options for students loans, and those who choose smartly are at an enormous advantage.”
(Source NYT > Business.)
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Apr 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Walter Isaacson has written a great essay on creativity for WIRED: The World Needs More Rebels Like Einstein.
At a time when the US, worried about competition from China, is again emphasizing math and science education, Einstein’s genius reminds us that a society’s competitive advantage comes not from teaching the multiplication or periodic tables but from [...]
Posted in Education Issues and Ideas on Oct 12th, 2006 2 Comments »
The Village Voice has a disturbing article on The Judge Rotenberg Center: School of Shock.
I didn’t know this but JRC uses skin-shock to modify behavior. Their web site is framed so I can’t post an url but if you click on “Brief Description of JRC Program” and then on “Use of Skin-Shock as a Supplementary [...]