A recent survey of youth values and ethics by the Josephson Institute found a disturbing gap between students’ beliefs and practices. 40,000 high school students responded to questions about how they feel about honesty and integrity and about whether or …
From the recommendations of the Association for Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
Evaluation must be a formal, comprehensive assessment that documents the existence of a learning disability.
Testing must be administered by a professional diagnostician trained in the assessment of …
Is there a goal other than to pass the test? Historically education, both public and private, was as much about cultivating character as it was about teaching useful skills. Integrity and good citizenship were at least as valued as the …
Dr. Don Elwell, Director of the Greylight Theater in Illinois, recently published an article at The Alternative Education Resource Organization entitled, “What World of Warcraft Taught Me About Education.” In it, he writes the following:
“This article was …
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This post was written by regular learningdiversity.org contributors Dr. Michael Ben-Chaim and Dr. Michael Riendeau. It was originally published at the Washington Post and has been republished at www.learningdiversity.org with permission from the authors.
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Have you ever been so swept up in an activity that you’re totally focused, you’re enjoying doing what you’re doing for it’s own sake, and in the end you realize that you lost all track of time? Then you’ve probably …
A couple of recent posts by my colleagues Sara and Sean (here and here) commented on Susan Engel’s recent article in the New York Times “Let Kids Rule the Schools.” Like Sean I also suspect that implementing this …
The ongoing debate about the increasing importance of uniform educational standards in the public school system often centers on pedagogical issues. Paul Thomas, in his “A Case Against Standards,” offers a political perspective. Siding with those who construe …
Most transition programs combine instruction in independent living skills with either education or work. The educational component of these programs varies considerably. Some of these programs lead to specific certification or an Associate degree while others focus on practical living …
There is a new application on the web that allows students to upload text and will condense it for them in order to draw out the main ideas. Topicmarks, which is still in the beta stage, is a free …
Carol Dweck, In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, attempts to make the case that most everyone can be classified as having one of two possible mindsets: fixed or growth minded. As I will explain below the …
NPR reported last evening that Food and Drug Administration advisory panel released the position that “the current scientific data is just not solid enough to show that artificial food dyes cause hyperactivity in most children”. This reminds me of the …
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