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How can you get students with LD to change their behavior and habits?
Howard Margolis EducationMany parents of children with educational disabilities know their children need to rid themselves of behaviors and habits that jeopardize their future. They need to develop ones that propel and sustain progress. This, after all, is the primary aim of special education's Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA), the volumes of legal decisions supporting it, and Individualized Education Program (IEP).
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How can we stem the tide of teacher shortages?
Bambi Majumdar EducationJust a few years ago, teachers across the country faced a stark future, with many suddenly receiving pink slips in their hands. With the economy looking more dire by the minute, people turned away from the teaching profession to train in other vocations — training that would get them better jobs and fast. My, how the tides have turned.
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ELL writing skills: Cultural patterns stand out
Douglas Magrath EducationIn my previous article about ELL writing skills, I showed how patterns of writing differ across cultures. Many ESL writers follow a rhetorical pattern in their L1 that differs from English rhetorical patterns. Let's continue by looking at examples of writing in various cultures.
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Transitioning to college: The responsibility shift
Pamela Hill EducationMore students with learning disabilities are enrolling in college than in the past — the number has tripled in the last two decades. However, students with learning disabilities are dropping out of college at a higher rate than their peers. Why? The students often do not reveal to college personnel that they have a disability.
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Could OERs spell the end of textbooks?
Brian Stack EducationEarly in August, a letter arrived in President Barack Obama's digital inbox calling on him to commit to policies that support the development of open educational resources, known more commonly as OERs. The letter was first developed and signed by multiple organizations from the education, library, technology, public interest and legal communities.
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Protecting student data in the digital age
Bambi Majumdar EducationThe wonders of technology have their downsides, and one of the most driving concerns is the breach of privacy. In a digital world where almost everyone is online, sensitive data or information can be leaked with privacy undermined in seconds. Most of us don't realize how much of our personal information is floating out there.
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ELL writing skills: The influence of L1 culture
Douglas Magrath EducationCulture and writing go together — and writing patterns reflect the L1 culture. The ACTFL Standards acknowledge the importance of culture in language teaching.
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Depressed teens may be headed for heart disease
Dorothy L. Tengler Mental HealthcareAdolescence can be a difficult time for both young people and their parents. The normal and often-turbulent hormonal, physical and cognitive changes that occur during this stage of development sometimes make it difficult to recognize and diagnose underlying depression in children. Depression in adolescence may also lead to behavioral problems such as irritability or moodiness, fighting, defiance, skipping school, running away, drug use, and poor grades.
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Beware of resilient, mutated ‘super lice’ — yes, they’re…
Joan Spitrey EducationBack-to-school season is a time for next chapters, seeing old friends, making new friends — and, of course, organized germ exchanges. Yes, the sharing of germs and other critters, such as lice, also is part of the fun of back to school.
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Teacher resources for the new school year
Brian Stack EducationThe end of summer marks the beginning of a new school year across the country. For returning teachers, it is often a time to start with a clean slate and a new outlook on the year ahead. For those who are new to the profession or new to their school or classroom assignment, it is a time to make some decisions about how they will organize their instruction and structure their classroom environment for the upcoming year.
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