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The author specializes in “practical and effective strategies for helping students with ADHD and learning disabilities succeed in school.” With those credentials, it shouldn’t come as a shock that this tome,...

I had my struggles in school. I was interested in learning, but I couldn’t force my mind to follow any sort of structured teaching. I had many interests and my attention gravitated to them. Over the years, those passions have included photography, drumming, playing guitar, woodworking, golf, tennis, and gardening. They...

Secretary DeVos announces the president's donation, a report on good jobs without a college degree, college tuition goes down and more education news.

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Some research shows that TV-watching has negative effects on ADHD symptoms.

A long-term New Zealand study concluded that “…children who watch a lot of television may become less tolerant of slower-paced and more mundane tasks, such as schoolwork.” Similarly, the National Institute Of Mental Health reported...

In a world of fake news and junk science, how do science teachers help their students distinguish fact from fiction?

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Lauren, a gifted crafter and mother of two, hired me to organize her busy home. When I suggested that some weeding might be helpful, she burst into tears. Why “punish” her by recommending she get rid of her stuff? What Lauren didn’t realize is that reduction is the go-to advice that all organizers give to...

The NBA's all-time leading scorer talks about the importance of STEM and his education foundation, and its support for a science camp for public school children in Los Angeles.

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Five teachers were inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame this year and NPR's Claudio Sanchez sat down with them to get their take on what it means to be a teacher.

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In a wired world, summer camp is one of the last phone-free zones. But campers, staff and especially parents don't always appreciate the message.

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Listening Passage Preview is an intervention that can be used to increase the accuracy with which students read. It is design to increase reading fluency, but focuses more on the accuracy than the rate with which students read. The teacher or interventionist reads the previously selected passage aloud...

Phrase drill is an effective error correction procedure designed to provide multiple opportunities to respond and promote generalization of reading words in text. Phrase drill is addresses reading fluency, and is best for students who are able to read most words, but do so slowly. The overall goal of...

Reciprocal Teaching is an instructional approach designed to enhance student comprehension of text. Students engage in group discussion using four strategies: summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting.

The summarizer highlights the key ideas within the text. The questioner will ask questions...

A few years ago I wrote a guest post on the importance of assessing narratives for another blog. Below is a revised version of that post containing the updates with respect to the assessment of narratives.

As SLPs we routinely administer a variety of testing batteries in order to assess our students’ speech-language...

The education secretary has longstanding ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, which backs school choice policies coast to coast.

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