Special education teachers are beginning to be taught 22 high-leverage practices which have been proven through research to deliver greater results. Oregon’s director of special education Sarah Drinkwater says the high-level practices have given schools of education a “common language” for use when preparing well-qualified teachers. These practices enable teacher to better identify...
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A half-day IDEA program, commenced at the Pharr campus three years ago, is showing great results for kindergartners and first-graders who attend. The program immerses the students in language skills. For the kindergartners, who are getting this up-the-ladder boost a whole year before starting school, the benefits are particularly notable. This is all the more true, as many of the new...
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One elementary school in New York City is requiring students to learn cursive handwriting. Students are encouraged to learn to write in cursive because educators believe it will help students learn to construct sentences and understand how words fit together to form meaning. Educational leaders also believe writing in cursive will help students learn to spell because it will force...
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This article is about how you can recognize dyslexia in a preschool-age child. The first warning sign is in the way your child speaks – he or she may mispronounce words, or have limited ability and knowledge to use language in...
Submitted by Judy Hanning on 2017-07-31 00:08
Online education actually began before computers were even a thought. Long distance learning originated in the 1700s, and then the International...
Submitted by Judy Hanning on 2017-07-31 00:49
Dr. Maria Montessori was a famous Italian physician and developed schools for children. The Montessori Method focuses on creativity, social responsibility, and time management skills. Children who have attended Montessori schools have gone...
Submitted by Judy Hanning on 2017-07-31 00:54
The field of neuroscience and the field of education are closely related. Why, then, does it seem so difficult to incorporate findings from neuroscience into classroom or e-learning lessons? There are specific ways to increase student...
Submitted by Judy Hanning on 2017-07-31 00:39
The infograph gives interesting facts to learn about the brain. It’s amazing that we go thru 50,000 or more thoughts on a daily basis, so much so that it becomes habitual and 90% of the time don’t even realize the thoughts we are going thru on a daily basis. Also think it’s intriguing that the brain continues to develop after 18 even...