Archive for 'January,2012'
ChildsWork News, Jan. 31, 2012: Assessing Everyone
I have two great articles for you all this morning with a common theme: assessment. As we all know, assessment is a loaded term in education whether you teach pre-k, high school or beyond, but it [...]
Illinois Governor Quinn to Ask Legislature to Raise Drop-Out Age to 18
On the heels of last week’s State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is prepared to ask his state legislature to raise the dropout rate from 17 to 18 in [...]
IEP Participation Success Strategies for General Education Teachers, Administrators, and Counselors
General education teachers, administrators and counselors have a crucial part to play in a student’s annual IEP review. By being prepared to participate in the IEP review process, general education teachers, administrators and counselors can more [...]
ChildsWork News, Jan. 28, 2012: Focus on Numbers
As we head into the weekend, I wanted to share a few interesting articles that focus on numbers. The first, from the New America Foundation’s Jennifer Cohen talks about how 2010 Census data has shown a [...]
New Special Needs Scholarship in Ohio Expands Educational Choices to Children, Parents
Ohio residents with special needs ages 3 to 21 are celebrating this week. Not only is it School Choice week in that state and 24 others across the country. To celebrate, Ohio legislators announced the implementation [...]
Kids and iPhones: New Study Talks about Positive Incorporation of New Media into Early Education
If you have an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad and a little kid, the chorus of “can I play?” is probably a familiar one to you already. As the New Media continues to dominate every aspect [...]
ChildsWork News, Jan. 24, 2012: Talking About the New Autism Diagnosis
Unless you’ve been cut off from the news for the past couple of days you have likely heard the big news about the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and its [...]
North Carolina Debates Cutting Early Childhood Programs as UNC Study Determines Their Value
The online journal Developmental Psychology will publish a study this week which has been 30 years in the making. Developmental researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill conducted an experiment which tracked 111 [...]
ChildsWork News, Jan. 20, 2012: Preschool Funding is Cut While the Definition of “Special Needs” Expands on the Federal Level
I found two great articles for you all to ponder as we head into the weekend. The first is from another new Education Week blogger, Julie Rasicot. She continues a discussion on how the national budget [...]
Programs Use Neuroscience to Inform Special Education Teaching Practices
With the state of most education research today, it takes a lot to get me truly excited. It seems every article I read touts new and better ways to “improve test scores” among benchmark and special [...]
New Congressional Panel on Dyslexia Signals Important Change
• I can not stress enough being aware of the movement difficulty invol
Play “Therapy”: Kansas State Graduate Student’s Autism-Friendly Schoolyard
Glad play time is given its due.
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
What you are saying here is important, and I can relate to it from my
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
Thanks Susan! I totally agree. I have to say I was really excited when
Fiction & Life: New Study Shows that Losing Yourself in a Character Impacts Action, Beliefs
I love this blog! It's also very pertinent to career development and