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Featured News 2008
My recent ed/op article, "It's Never Too Late to Earn a Gold Star", was published in the local newspaper, The Curry Pilot, on Saturday, June 7, 2008 with the title: "It's Never Too Late to Earn a General Ed Diploma." A Coos Bay, OR, newspaper, The World, has expressed an interest in printing my article, too. I have also been invited to write some spotlights on GED graduates.
Dr. Ed Hallowell, specialist in ADHD, addresses graduates with learning differences as "magnificently-minded." He tells these students: So revel in your differences. Exult in who you are. Tough as it may have been, it is worth it to be you. And this world really needs the real you, not some altered version being forced to fit an old mold. (posted 6/4/08)
Judy Kihslinger is a lead instructor in an adult education program who is described as being a "master of second chances." Indeed, she has helped many students move ahead after "being left behind" in public schools. Read more. (posted 6/4/08)
Maryland school first in state to attain 100% proficiency
CEC SMARTBRIEF | 06/02/2008
Every third- and fourth-grader at one Maryland elementary school passed the state's standardized math and reading tests last year, the first full-sized school to do so. Eleven years ago, the school started pairing students so that each learner would have a partner to engage with on discussion questions versus the more limited exchange that takes place between a teacher and whichever students volunteer to participate. Washington Post, The (05/28)
The principal says: "I think kids don't talk enough in school. In fact, I think they're told not to talk."
Increased language skills would certainly improve test scores in most subject areas.
Sex abuse, violence alleged at teen jails across U.S.
A CNN check of other juvenile facilities shows that, despite years of court wrangling, serious problems persist.
- U.S. Justice Department suing 11 jurisdictions, alleging abuse of teen inmates
- Girls as young as 13 say they were shackled for days at Mississippi lock-up
- An official at a Texas jail allegedly offered birthday cake for sex with teen
- "It's a nationwide crisis," says expert with 30 years experience in juvenile justice (4/4/08)
You will find several book titles about juvenile justice in this reference list.
One of my favorites is HUNGRY GHOSTS, Mary Taylor Previte.
You will find several web resources about juvenile justice here.
A teen columnist with his own disability (dysgraphia or illegible handwriting) states that not allowing appropriate accommodations for individual students per their IEP plans on state mandated tests is "nonsensical, cruel, and violates everything education disability law has tried to do over the past 35 years."
If you are reading this on the PBIS.org web site, chances are you’re already aware of the profound impact school-wide positive behavior support (SWPBS) is having on public schools throughout the US. However, you may not know that it also is being successfully applied in a variety of juvenile justice settings.
A special educator in NC explains why he is just saying, "No," to testing students with severe disabilities, and why he is saying, "Yes!" to their spirits ...
As Little Hood arrives at her grandmother's cottage one morning, she's horrified to find the big, bad wolf and a mean crow trying to con the old woman and eat her. But Little Hood knows just what to do.
School teachers, therapists uninformed of learning disabilities ...
The law says all teachers and therapists must receive copies of their students' Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). But a teachers union survey shows that many are not getting them. "This is a real problem," said Kim Sweet of Advocates for Children. "The IEP is basically a road map of a kid's particular needs and how they can be effectively dealt with in a classroom. If you don't give a teacher a road map, then the teacher is driving blind." (3/30/08)
Education Professor Reaches Out to Students Who Need Help the Most
“What happens in society is we have this group of kids who we know have behavior disorders, and a lot of people look at these kids and say ‘That kid’s a troublemaker; that kid is a juvenile delinquent; that kid just doesn’t try,’” she said. “These kids aren’t broken, though they may be in a broken system. We need to give them the support and intervention they need to put them on the right path.” ~ Kelley Lassman, Ph.D., Fordham Graduate School of Education (3/5/08)
... A college education is no longer a meal ticket because the table is crowded and the competition is now global and fierce.
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