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Educators concerned about Trump’s proposed budget cuts
Bambi Majumdar EducationNo one is surprised that President Donald Trump's budget proposal for 2018 includes significant cuts to the Department of Education. The proposed 13.6 percent cut would slice $9.2 billion from the Education Department's current $68 billion budget.
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Decreasing academic anxiety for English learners
Erick Herrmann EducationEnglish learners, like all students, face the pressure of achieving in school, and they hope to learn the content being presented in the class. Additionally, like all of the other students in the class, they want to make friends with their classmates and other students in the school.
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8 essentials of a reading evaluation
Lorna Kaufman EducationWhen children struggle with reading it’s important that we evaluate them to determine why they are having trouble, what part of the reading process is problematic for them, where they are on the continuum of reading disabilities and what can be done to help them achieve reading success.
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Netflix series sparks school debate on teen suicide
Brian Stack EducationOn the heels of what has become a controversial topic in schools from coast to coast, Netflix has renewed the popular teen drama "13 Reasons Why" for a second season. The series, based on the best-selling novel by Jay Asher, follows the story of 17-year-old teen Hannah Baker, who took her own life after creating a series of 13 tapes to document the reasons for this decision.
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Decreasing social anxiety for English learners
Erick Herrmann EducationEnglish learners, like all students, face the pressure of achieving in school, and they hope to learn the content being presented in the class. Additionally, like all of the other students in the class, they want to make friends with their classmates and other students in the school.
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Is Michelle Obama’s girls education program coming to an end?
Bambi Majumdar EducationThere have been conflicting reports about the ending of Michelle Obama's girls education program. The start of this month saw a Trump administration memo announcing the end of the "Let Girls Learn" program. The backlash was swift and fierce. Within a week, the government announced that it is not going to stop or make any changes to the program.
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What LD families need from teachers and schools
Susan Winebrenner EducationTeaching and parenting students with learning difficulties is extremely complex and sometimes very frustrating for all parties concerned. For the students, the challenge is not to lose confidence in their abilities to learn successfully. The parents and teachers, meanwhile, struggle with the issue of knowing how to give help the "Goldilocks" way — not too little, not too much, but just right.
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Fidget spinners: Useful therapy tool or distracting toy?
Tammy Gibson EducationA new toy trend is literally spinning its way through schools and social media. Surprisingly, it's not a high-tech gadget — it's a colorful piece of plastic called a fidget spinner. These toys are the latest craze, but are they actually doing what they're marketed for?
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The importance of semantics in ESL instruction
Douglas Magrath EducationIn a recent article, I discussed the importance of phonetics for ESL instructors. But instructors can also benefit from an understanding of semantics — the study of meaning. Linguistic semantics has been defined as the study of how languages organize and express meanings.
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Giving students what they need most
Pamela Hill EducationWhat do students with learning disabilities need the most from their special educator? While many individualized skills and interventions are needed, there is one skill all students need from their special educator: the ability to problem-solve.
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