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testing or functional academics
I am writing this letter in regards to my not being eligible for unemployment. These are the reasons I did not take the praxis test required to retain my position as a Para educator. At the time NCLB was enacted, I was all for it. At last a time when student needs came first.......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-09 11:52:51 | Rating:

| Views: 80 | Comments: 0 | Tags: tests skills classroom residential student

Young author or young failure?
It’s that time of the year again, the Young Author’s writing contest. That’s right, the time of year, mid-way to the end, when schools everywhere pit one more time, those that can and those that could. I understand that this is a voluntary competition but who doesn’t want......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-17 08:36:49 | Rating:

| Views: 49 | Comments: 0 | Tags: books authors childrens books granddaughter

Everybody has a Disability-Self Advocating
In 1991, I was a stay at home mom, working 2 hours a day as a lunchroom attendant at my children’s school. My husband had been laid off from his job in construction and after having one more argument about money in which he stated the only job I could possibly get was as a double dipper......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-22 09:16:50 | Rating:

| Views: 62 | Comments: 1 | Tags: OBRA87 goals QMRP law developmentlly delayed

Education in USA/Spring Testing
The hot topic in education is testing. My granddaughter is in 3rd grade and has been practicing for the ISAT and let me tell you… While I know that testing is the only way to show achievement growth, is it fair that we at home have to suffer along on a daily basis? This girl has brought......Read More

Posted on: 2008-02-26 10:43:38 | Rating:

| Views: 56 | Comments: 0 | Tags: education ISAT frustration ADD nextgeneration

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