Evidence-based teaching methods for helping students who are at risk for school failure or who have disabilities.
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In Bibb County (GA, US) the schools have made substantial changes in where many students with disabilities receive their education, according to a story by Julie Hubbard in the Macon Telegraph. Ms. Hubbard reported that last year 900 students were taught in “isolated classrooms” but only 165 are in self-contained classrooms this year. Greater than 50% of students in Bibb County spend 80% or more of their schools days in general education settings. Although it’s not clear to me that “isolated classrooms” is the same as “self-contained classsrooms,” the change in numbers is substantial.
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Among the presidential actions for which the late Gerald R. Ford probably will not be remembered in news accounts of his public life is the signing 2 December 1975 of Senate Bill 6, making it Public Law 94-142. However, for millions of American children and their families, the law—entitled the “Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975″—stands as a landmark. It and the reauthorizations that have followed it have changed education in the US and, arguably, around the world, for both students with and without disabilities.
Carol Whitehead, who is superintendent of Everett (WA, US) Public Schools, has an editorial about funding problems for special education in the US state of Washington. Everett is one of 12 districts suing the state of Washington for its shortfalls in funding special education. Superintendent Whitehead argued that state needs to develop specific plans for using the state’s reserves to fund services for all of the state’s children.
The What Works Clearinghouse has released a new report about phonological awareness training. Although I’d prefer that they use the narrower term phonemic awareness because the forms of phonological awareness that really matter for developing early literacy (segmenting and blending) should be mastered at the phoneme level, the WWC has the right idea in identifying evidence-based practices.
The studies on which the W-W-C bases its findings are mostly from the team of Randi O’Connor, Tim Slocum, and Joe Jenkins. These are wonderfully credible studies and they work together as a good set.
The Weblog Awards folks announced the competition for best blogs, including one for the Best Educational Blog. Here are the entrants:
Here’s the link to the page where one can vote.
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