[caption id="attachment_1110" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Image courtesy of Salvatore Vuono"][/caption] A while ago, I wrote about research being conducted at the University of London in regards to early autism diagnosis. The report that its researchers published in January’s edition of Current...
As we head into the weekend, I wanted to take some time to revisit a couple of important topics we’ve discussed before. First, on the heels of my report earlier this week about the new requirements for BMI screenings in...
Discipline in high school is no easy task. Students in grades 9-12 are at a special time in life where independence and questions of authority reign on their minds at a near-constant rate. For parents, finding a school where the...
Special needs students are best served when school and home work together harmoniously. Students perform better. Teachers and parents are less frustrated and less stressed in a cooperative environment. Nonetheless, schools and parents are often in conflict. How can the...
[caption id="attachment_1091" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of Clare Bloomfield"][/caption] In the 21st century, digital learning, through laptops, tablets and personal computers has taken over a lot of the “standards” most educators were accustomed to as students themselves. As a college...
[caption id="attachment_1084" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of arztsamui"][/caption] One of the big lessons that the stories here on CW try to emphasize is the importance of encouraging emotional intelligence as much as we encourage academic achievement throughout grades K-12. The...
[caption id="attachment_1075" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of Clare Bloomfield"][/caption] Last week, the state Board of Education in Kentucky voted to begin routine body mass index (BMI) screenings of all students in their state’s K-12 schools. The proposal will require schools...
In the final version of news this week, I want to start by taking one final look at testing and educational standards. On the heels of President Obama’s call for increased funding and focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
[caption id="attachment_1068" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of tungphoto"][/caption] When I was in elementary school, recess was a daily event. Our brand-new school in suburban Phoenix even had two playgrounds, one for grades K-2 and another for 3-5. Though I don’t...
[caption id="attachment_1063" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Image courtesy of Sarunyu_foto"][/caption] As you may have noticed, there’s been a lot of buzz in the education field over the past 24 hours following the President’s call to increase funding for math and science education...
As I combed RSS feeds this morning, I was struck immediately by a prevailing theme that will certainly resonate with CW readers: testing. As we continually discuss on this blog, the use of high-stakes test is not so cut and...
[caption id="attachment_1055" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Image courtesy of suicidepreventionlifeline.org"][/caption] A report in The Chicago Tribune this past Friday posited some interesting ideas regarding the presence of social networking websites such as Facebook in suicide prevention among teens. The article, “Psychologists, Educators...
