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iPads Provide Needed Tool for Conn. Autism Students |
By Maggie Gordon, The Stamford Advocate, Conn, February 8, 2011
Olivia Shea swiped her finger across the bottom of the screen, bringing her iPad to life.
"Welcome back to Sentence Builder," the tablet pronounced after another swipe and a tap. |
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The New Republic: The U.S. Could Learn from Finland |
By Samuel E. Abrams, NPR, January 28, 2011
While observing recess outside the Kallahti Comprehensive School on the eastern edge of Helsinki on a chilly day in April 2009, I asked Principal Timo Heikkinen if students go out when it's very cold. Heikkinen said they do. I then asked Heikkinen if they go out when it's very, very cold. Heikkinen smiled and said, "If minus 15 [Celsius] and windy, maybe not, but otherwise, yes. The children can't learn if they don't play. The children must play." |
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Can't Spell Oregon? No Worries, Spell Check Allowed |
By Rob Manning, NPR, January 11, 2011
You don't have to be a good speller to be a good writer. That's the message the Oregon Department of Education is sending its students.
On Wednesday, students across the state will start taking their standardized writing exams, and for the first time, those doing their essays online will get to use spell check. |
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Military Recruiting: Are We Passing the Test? |
By NPR Staff, January 2, 2010
Nearly one of every four high school graduates can't pass the basic military entrance exam, a new report shows.
Combine that with high obesity rates and a rise in criminal records, and the pool of potential military recruits is getting very shallow. |
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In schools, change starts at the top |
By Alan J. Borsuk, Special to the Journal Sentinel, December 18, 2010
Charles Moore says his job is like creating a garden where teachers and students grow.
"It's more than just strong instructional leadership," says Moore, principal of Eastbrook Academy, a private school at 5375 N. Green Bay Ave. It's more than just overseeing discipline or budgets or schedules or a host of other aspects of a principal's job. |
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