How Do I Learn?
Over the past couple of years there has been a strong push in our education system to differentiate instruction. With No Child Left Behind and now Common Core Standards legislation […]
Read more »Normal Can Be Deceiving
As an education specialist who has worked in the field of exceptionality for over two decades I have overheard one parent say to another, on more than one occasion, “well […]
Read more »Treating Students as Individuals
I find it interesting that in this age of national education standards there is still a strong push to treat the learning needs of every child individually. Don’t get me […]
Read more »Better Ways to Handle Aggression
“The squeaky wheel always gets the oil!” is no more true than in the school setting. One of the squeakiest wheels is the child with anger and aggression issues. In […]
Read more »National Standards Quandary
The trend seems to be setting national standards for education rather than teaching those skills to all K-12 students regardless of each student’s individual strengths and weaknesses. This is the […]
Read more »Common Core Standards with a Differentiated Approach
With 45 states and three territories having adopted Common Core Standards, most schools are working to incorporate these standards into classroom curriculum. To maximize learning for all students it is […]
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