About Special Education: Catching Up With the Competition

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Special Education Special Education IEPs and Forms Lesson Plans Behavior Management From Jerry Webster, your Guide to Special Education This week I reference two articles I found of interest to all educators. The first was an article in Education Week that reports on a study comparing the American education system and the systems of high performing schools like Canada, Finland and Japan. The second is an article from last Sunday's New York Times that recounts the struggles of one community in the Philadelphia area as it deals with significant budget problems and the cuts that have to made in their local schools. Catching Up With the Competition Education Week just published an article online that reports on study just released by the National Center for Education and the Economy, that compares American Education with the educational systems of high performing countries like Canada, Finland and Japan. What do we need to do to catch up? You'd be surprised what the researchers found. Hard Choices Today's New York Times had an incredibly well balanced and well written article about a single community in the Philadelphia area grappling with the difficult choices school districts are making ... Read more Wrapping Up the School Year In two weeks the Clark County School District will be sending the students home for the summer.  It's been a stressful year, and for many of our elementary teachers, it... Read more Inclusive Practices for the Full Inclusion Classroom Since the institution of the IDEA and it's re-authorization in 2004, placing children with disabilities in general education classrooms is meant to be the norm, not the exception. This category offers lots of information on how to successfully include and instruct Special Education Ads Special Education ADHD Schools Elementary School Autism Education Child Education Featured Articles Technology in the Classroom Worksheets for Sound Symbol, Alphabet, Phonics Mathematics for Special Education Special Education Careers and Opportunities The Basics of Special Education. Special Education 101 Special Education Assessment   More from About.com Backyard Chickens 101 Dabble in the self-sufficient, eco-friendly life with these essential chicken-raising tips. More> 24 Amazing Container Gardens These gorgeous and creative gardens prove it doesn't take a lot of space to create something special. More> This newsletter is written by: Jerry Webster Special Education Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Special Education newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2011 About.com   Must Reads How to Write an IEP Dealing With Problem Behaviors Special Education Careers Assessment for Special Education Reading Strategies for Students with LD Advertisement