My Squirrelly View of Education

Trying to Integrate Technology into HS English & Special Education

Call for a Paradigm Shift in Michigan

Adequate Yearly Progress, Education, High school, Michigan, Michigan Merit Curriculum, NCLB, Professional Development, Special Education April 5, 2009

Karen Jankowski’s April 3rd 2009 post Reaching for the Brass Ring…..of Independence, advances the proposition that it is time to end the war between the remediation and accommodation camps in special education and make Universal Design Principles ubiquitous in order to foster independence. It is time to end the remediation vs. compensation battle and declare [...]

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Why Kids Think They Attend School (Thing 7)

23things, Education, Education in the United States, High school, Michigan, Michigan Merit Curriculum, Teacher December 22, 2008

One of my favorite bloggers and podcasters is Joe Wood, a middle school science teacher who loves Web 2.0 and struggles with the most effective ways to use this technology in his classes. I really like that he doesn’t have all of the answers. Through his attempts at using technology to become a more effective [...]

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