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Castle Loss to Remove Bipartisan K-12 Policy Voice
Education Week
Rep. Mike Castle's loss in his quest for the GOP senatorial nomination in Delaware will remove from Congress a longtime member with deep expertise in education issues and a reputation for helping bridge the gap between Republicans and Democrats on thorny aspects of K-12 policy. Rep. Castle is the author of the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and he also helped write the 1997 revision of the IDEA.
Catching Learning Disabilities at a Young Age is Key to Academic Success
Staten Island Advance (NY)
By the time her son, Luis, was 2 years old, Wendy Ramos realized he wasn't hitting important speech milestones and enrolled him in speech therapy. "Luis wasn't talking, but he understood what I was saying and he was great at art and puzzles," the Great Kills mom explained. "As he got older, he wasn't recognizing letters or rhymes or nursery songs. He was frustrated, because he wasn't progressing."
Catching Problems Early, Schools Try to Avoid Special Ed
USA Today
Officials in districts across the country are rapidly adopting early intervention programs for students, hoping that steering a child away from expensive special education classes later will pay off for school budgets, too, in cost savings. But the adoption of these programs comes at a time when parents and educators are debating the benefits of "response to intervention" (RTI), and when districts have been trying to also cut down "over-identification" — too many poor and minority kids being shunted off to special education who don't need to be there.
Education Week
The push to ensure that all students, not just the academically gifted, take introductory algebra and do so earlier has gained widespread acceptance in U.S. schools over the quarter-century since A Nation at Risk advocated strengthening graduation requirements in math. Last year, for the first time, California state officials approved an entire set of math programs devoted specifically to "algebra readiness," or raising the skills of students likely to struggle in that subject.
Catholic Special-Ed School One-Of-A-Kind
The Journal News (NY)
St. Ursula Learning Center is the only Archdiocese of New York school geared specifically for children with special needs. Currently serving grades three through eight, it opened its doors nearly 20 years ago and has since seen demand for its services grow dramatically.
CCISD Dyslexia Policy Under Fire
Killeen Daily Herald (TX)
Truman Kilpatrick of Copperas Cove, Texas is in the fourth grade but he reads at a kindergarten level due to his dyslexia. Truman's parents, Jeffrey and Pam Owen, say Copperas Cove Independent School District is failing to provide the attention and education their son requires. The Owens have written letters to state and U.S. congressmen seeking stricter requirements and increased accountability for dyslexia programs in public schools, and Pam Owen said she hopes to eventually file a lawsuit at both the state and federal level.
CCSD in Need of Special Ed Teachers
KLAS TV8 (NV)
Clark County School District needs 220 special education teachers. That's more than four times the need for any other type of teacher. "I think people just don't understand what goes on in a special education classroom. They get influenced by what you call wives' tales — 'Oh it's so hard, oh there's so much paperwork' -- and that's just not the case," said teacher Lisa Guidry.
CDC Study Finds More Children are Being Diagnosed with ADHD
NewsChannel 9 WSYR (NY)
More children are being diagnosed with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found. The study found 4.1 million children between the ages of 4 and 17 were reported by their parents to be currently diagnosed with ADHD in 2007. That is equivalent to 9.5 percent of the children in the country and it's one million more than were diagnosed in 2003.
CDC: Developmental Disabilities Affect 1 In 7 U.S. Kids
Shots Blog, National Public Radio
Fifteen percent of American children have a developmental disability, including autism and ADHD, according to a new report from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's an increase of almost 2 percentage points from 1997 to 2008, or almost 2 million kids. But that number may be squishier than it sounds.
Celebrating Workers with Disabilities
WSAZ NewsChannel 2 (WV)
Finding a job in this economy is hard enough. Finding a job in the downturn economy when you have a disability is a challenge that can seem overwhelming. Some local folks with disabilities have overcome big obstacles to not only get a job, but do that job to award-winning levels.
Celebrities with Special Needs: Daniel Radcliffe, Dyspraxia
Examiner (DC)
On July 15th, thousands of Harry Potter fans will rush to local theaters to watch the latest installment of JK Rowling's popular novels on the big screen. The Half Blood Prince has Daniel Radcliffe once again playing the bespectacled wizard Harry Potter in what is sure to be an amazing performance. It is hard to believe that Radcliffe would have any problems when you see him running around and dueling evil wizards in his movies, but last year this talented young man told the world that he has Dyspraxia.
Cell Phone Device Allows the Blind to 'Read'
CityNews (Canada)
It's difficult enough to navigate in a world where you can't see. Up until now, computers were able to fill some of the gap by reading what appeared on the screen. But few were portable enough, small enough or versatile enough to allow users to take it with them. Enter the cell phone and a company called Microcomputer Science Centre, Inc. The Mississauga firm specializes in creating and selling devices for those with learning disabilities, hearing problems or people who are visually impaired.
Centennial's Closet to Closet Seems Just Right
The Oregonian
The Centennial School District in Portland, Oregon is one of the metro area's poorest. For years, the Centennial Education Foundation, a nonprofit that raises money for schools, bought students new school clothes. But as the district's demographics became poorer, the foundation had to spend more money. Two years ago, after spending $16,000 buying clothes for students, the foundation decided to try something different. Teaming up with the Centennial Transition Center, a school for 18- to 21-year-old special education students, the foundation opened a clothes closet. The clothes — all donated — are collected into a store run by students in the transition center.
Center to Help Students with Reading
Times Union (NY)
Four Schenectady women plan to open a nonprofit reading center this fall to help students combat dyslexia. "It's always been a dream to start a free reading clinic because we feel that it's really a human rights issue," special education instructor Kathy Jensen said. "Every year, far too many children are not being taught properly, and for the majority of these kids, expensive private tutors are out of the question."
Certain Skills Are Predictors of Reading Ability in Young Children
Eureka Science News
A new study in the journal Learning Disabilities Research & Practice reveals that differences found between pre-kindergarten reading-disabled children and their typically reading peers diminish by pre-first grade, with the exception of phonological awareness abilities.
Chairwoman to Feds: Time to Deliver on Education
Andover Townsman (MA)
School Committee Chairwoman Debra Rahmin Silberstein of Andover, Mass., recently sent a letter to her senators asking them to support the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. "It is about time the federal legislators deliver on obligations to the children in this country (which they have legislated), by funding IDEA and NCLB (No Child Left Behind), as promised," Silberstein wrote.
Change Beckons: New Day For Special Education Coming
The Jamaica Observer
An audit of Jamaica's special education needs is currently being undertaken. "Special education has been underplayed, under-represented and under-resourced in Jamaica for many years," Frank Weeple, executive director of the education transformation team.
The Washington Times (DC)
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) last week released a report of their IDEA Task Force. The report provides specific recommendations about the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Act, which is up for consideration in Congress next year.
Change of Diet Helps Some Kids with ADHD
PsychCentral
A new report suggests a change in diet can relieve attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in some children. ADHD is believed to affect about 3 to 5 percent of children globally and is diagnosed in about 2 to 16 percent of school aged children. Although more research is necessary, some studies show that by changing their diet, it is possible to improve the condition for some ADHD children, said Kim Fleischer Michaelsen, Ph.D., from the Department of Human Nutrition at the University of Copenhagen.
Changes Urged in Boston Special-Ed Instruction
Boston Globe
The Boston public schools are keeping too many students with disabilities out of regular classrooms and may be wrongfully identifying some students for special services because of shortcomings in teaching literacy or dealing with behavior problems, according to a report released last night at a School Committee meeting.
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