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The benefits of coaching for college students with LD, ADHD
Ruth Bomar EducationIn a recent study at a large public university, researchers examined the benefits of coaching among undergraduate and graduate students with learning disabilities and/or ADHD. The students who agreed to participate in the research received two semesters of coaching. The researchers measured levels of self-determination, executive functioning and academic skills before and after the coaching intervention.
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Harvard set to reimagine Teach for America model
Brian Stack EducationIn 1989, Princeton University student Wendy Kopp understood our country's growing need to be able to compete in the global economy with a workforce that had evolving skills and knowledge. She also noted that our country was faced with a teacher shortage and droves of high-poverty urban and rural schools that for decades had been failing our children.
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K-12 education responsibility switches back to the states
Bambi Majumdar EducationIt's finally good news for all in the world of education. The long-awaited changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the No Child Left Behind Act are finally happening. An overwhelming majority of Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate have voted for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which will reauthorize the federal K-12 education programs.
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Now is the time for real education to begin
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationNewly divorced and in my mid-50s, I moved 1,800 miles from the area where I lived and worked for nearly four decades. I took a job in what I quickly found was a deeply dysfunctional Intensive English Program whose administrators — not unlike my ex-husband — had been deceptive and duplicitous.
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The joy of sharing in the Christmas season
Susan Kahn EducationIf a big sister refuses to share her chocolate candy bar with her little sister, trouble follows: "Mommy, she ate the whole candy bar and wouldn't give me any. She's selfish and mean!" However, if the big sister ate most of the candy bar and gave the little sister only a bite, the younger girl would still complain: "Mommy, she's greedy! She ate almost the whole candy bar and gave me just a tiny piece."
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Can schools keep students focused with reductions to PE and recess?
Bob Kowalski EducationReductions in recess and cuts in physical education classes have effects that go beyond children's fitness. The lack of physical activity has a bearing on learning ability as well. That leaves educators in a quandary about how to increase movement while sticking to the lesson plan. Some are putting creativity to use in combining physical and mental health to get the most out of classroom time.
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Assessment for English learners: Content, language or both?
Erick Herrmann EducationAsk teachers about the importance of assessment, and they will likely begin sharing about their daily practice of checking student understanding and determining needed adjustments to instruction to help students achieve at higher levels, as well as the end-of-lesson, unit or term tests and assignments they give to see what students learned. The myriad standardized tests students take today will also likely be discussed, and how English learners and other populations are negatively affected by these assessments.
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The need for unified emergency communication in schools
Bambi Majumdar EducationSchool administrators, teachers and parents are increasingly concerned about the safety of their students and want to explore all opportunities to improve the existing security and communication systems in place. There have been too many campus incidents recently to remain complacent anymore, especially when it comes to emergency preparedness.
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What will the NCLB reauthorization mean for schools?
Brian Stack EducationToday, in a presentation to a group of South Carolina educators on competency education, Gene Wilhoit praised the House of Representatives for their overwhelming support of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which sailed through the House in a 359-64 vote. The bill is expected to have similar support in the Senate, and President Barack Obama has indicated he would sign it when it reaches his desk.
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Encouraging students with learning disabilities to talk
Pamela Hill EducationTalking is the most natural skill for almost every person. Talking begins early in development and needs little coaxing. There are some students with learning disabilities who are gifted at talking. By that, I refer to their natural desire to talk to anyone and about almost anything. Children have free rein to talk as long as they want and about any topic they are interested in — until they begin school.
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