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Driven by Special Ed Need, Ohio District Improves Language Skills for All
Read&Write GOLD allows students to develop literacy skills with greater independence
Driven by Special Ed Need, Ohio District Improves Language Skills for All
Read&Write GOLD allows students to develop literacy skills with greater independence
The (First) Man for the Job
Chuck Saylor's role as national PTA president is different from previous presidents.
Transition Planning for Students with Special Needs
They need the same support as other students when it comes to postsecondary school planning.
A Special Ed Alternative
A new private program for special education students helps administrators breathe easier and puts students on track for a successful future.
Newark’s Chief Reaches Out to Disabled
Superintendent Clifford B. Janey
Disciplining Students with Disabilities
The legal implications of managing these pupils
Coping with an Influx of ELL Students
Essentials on education data and research analysis
Special Education’s Challenges
Isolation and lack of administrative support can challenge special ed teachers.
Implementing RTI
Response-to-Intervention is an ambitious and complex process that requires administrators choose the right model.
Boosting Inclusion for Students with Disabilities
A look at the law when considering these students in extracurricular activities and athletics.
Transporting Special Needs Students
Special education students have legally protected transportation rights that districts must address.
Interventions for Students with ADHD
First understand the condition, then use peer tutoring or reinforcement to help.
Resources to Support Disabled Learners
Technological advances make a difference for students with learning disabilities.
The Met Center: One Student at a Time
Students take charge of their own learning in a progressive environment.
Narrow the Academic Language Gap to Reduce the Achievement Gap
You must teach academic vocabulary if you expect your students to use it.
Strategies to Increase Learning
Seven tools can help students.
Tech Success for Special Education
Jennifer Ziolko
Addressing Adolescent Literacy
High school network addresses national deficiencies.
Software Helps Students Improve by Suggesting the Right Word
Quillsoft’s WordQ and SpeakQ programs provide special help for students with learning disabilities.
Demystifying Dyslexia
Essentials on Education Data and Research Analysis
Is Your Gifted and Talented Program Giving You Headaches?
These programs can be explained and defended if they are grounded in research.
K12 and the Ohio Virtual Academy are meeting the needs of gifted students
Quality curriculum, socialization, and enrichment for all types of learners
Teachers Get a Better IDEA
Changes in the law open new doors for at-risk students
The Next Challenge
As districts begin to work through the varied requirements of No Child Left Behind, one of the most challenging sections deals with educating special ed children.

Special Education News

A School District That Takes the Isolation out of (The New York Times)
Opinion: Cutting special education? Portland schoo (Examiner.com)
Vt. Special Ed Deficient in Review (Burlington Free Press)
San Mateo County Schools Urged to Collaborate to R (Mercury News)
N.J School Districts Avoid Special Ed Cuts in Budg (The Star-Ledger)
Schools Struggle to Educate the Severely Disabled (New York Times)
Class of 2010 in Birmingham, Al: First generation (AL.com)
NYC Attempts to Mainstream More Special Education (WNYC.org)
NYC: Special Education Heightens Charter Debate (Columbia Spectator)
Education Secretary Looks To Teachers To Raise Bar (disabilityscoop.com)
HISD Sets Improvement Plan for Troubled Schools (Houston Chronicle)
Parents Group to Target Special Education Issues (The Ithaca Journal)
Education Reform: Can Poor Test Scores Get A Teac (Christian Science Monitor)
Collin County Districts Dissolve Special-education (The Dallas Morning News)
Uneven Special Education Enrollment At Charters Ra (Disability Scoop)

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