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Occupational therapy: An important support
Pamela Hill EducationMany students with learning disabilities have attention and sensory processing issues that can be assisted and improved by occupational therapy. Occupational therapy focuses on functioning in daily life. In the school, the focus is on attention and performance of skills in the classroom.
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K-12 tutor programs get digital
Bambi Majumdar EducationOver the years, academic standards have been getting significantly tougher. There is a lot of debate about this issue and about the standardized tests that evaluate student levels, and preparations based on their curriculum-based knowledge.
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Close reading with English learners: Challenges
Erick Herrmann EducationIn this era of more demanding standards for all students, close reading has become a common exercise for students in various grade levels. For English language learners — generally defined as students who are not achieving academically due to the level of English language proficiency — accessing complex, grade-level text can be especially demanding.
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A little-known cause of struggles in school
Janet B. Reyes EducationMany educators and parents are unaware of one potential reason some students perform poorly or inconsistently in school: underlying problems with perceptual-motor integration. This system relates to sensory intake and processing, awareness of body position and differences in muscle tension.
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The changing role of advisory in a high school setting
Brian Stack EducationAdvisory programs in high schools are not a new concept. In fact, they have been popular in schools for more than two decades. They were born out of an early movement to personalize an individual school for each student and ensure that schools connect every student with at least one adult who can understand and advocate for them as needed.
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Try this game in your next vocabulary lesson
Debra Josephson Abrams Education"It was so boring! I hated learning new words that way!" exclaimed a frustrated student about traditional vocabulary learning strategies. The student was one of a number interviewed by Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and Khuat Thi Thu Nga in their action research about how to stimulate Vietnamese students' interest in vocabulary learning.
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Ensuring school security: The good, the great and the terrifying
Ryan Clark EducationFollowing the recent college shootings in Oregon, Texas and Arizona, schools nationwide are rightfully investigating ways to strengthen their building security. More than ever, school safety is in the news. While many are placing the eye of scrutiny on guns, others are choosing to place it on physical accessibility.
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The key to making independent educational evaluations work
Howard Margolis EducationYou're happy. You sent your child's IEP team a brief request for an independent educational evaluation (IEE), and they agreed with it. Like you, the team members said they wanted greater insight into your child's struggles with reading, writing and related problems.
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Why you should consider specially designed instruction
Savanna Flakes EducationStrategies, such as cooperative learning, explicit instruction and blended learning are effective for students with disabilities and are also best practices for all students. But even when using these strategies, a teacher should consider specially designed instruction (SDI).
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How can we make school lunches both healthy and tasty?
Bambi Majumdar EducationA recent article in The New York Times — "Why Students Hate School Lunches" — has sparked off quite a debate in the education world. Thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which took effect in 2012, and other similar strategies, 30 million kids have access to healthy school lunches every day.
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