Spectrum K12 Blog
Posted by Beth DuBose on Oct 29, 2009
Former Board of Education chairman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System and current senior vice president of McGraw-Hill Education’s Urban Advisory Resource, Arthur Griffin Jr., has written a position paper on the state of the Response to Intervention (RTI) Process. He states how RTI was initially designed to be more accurate way of determining which students should be identified has having a specific learning disability. Yet what educators have found is that the RTI process has also been beneficial to any student who may be struggling in the classroom. The Response to Intervention process provides them with extra help to make sure they do not fall too far behind. Griffin also explains how RTI, unlike many other educational fads, can be a successful program because it is designed to evaluate its own effectiveness on an ongoing basis.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Jul 20, 2009
By Earle Dean Christian, who has devoted 21 years of her life to furthering education
NASET, National Association of Special Education Teachers, provides Parent Teacher Conference Handouts on a variety of topics. These handouts are extremely useful for parents of children with special needs.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Jul 15, 2009
When I was working in the classroom, I always tried to incorporate technology into my lessons throughout the week. But I also know that for most educators, trying to bring technology into the classroom seems like another burden. Yet, if educators are properly introduced and trained on the multiple technologies that could enhance their classrooms, I believe more teachers would use these products willingly and find more exciting ways to teach.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Jul 13, 2009
By Earle Dean Christian, who has devoted 21 years of her life to furthering education
Grant funds are available as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A portion of the funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will be for the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Jun 04, 2009
Spectrum K12 School Solutions, Inc., and leading education organizations including the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), and State Title 1 Directors today announced the results of their 2009 survey of K-12 district administrators to gauge the extent to which Response to Intervention (RTI) has been adopted and implemented.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 17, 2009
This publication from the National Center for Learning Disabilities explains how the essential components of RTI — universal screening and progress-monitoring with research-based, tiered interventions — can be applied in preschool settings.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 16, 2009
The Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) has put together a webpage with resources around the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), and how it will effect special education. Resources include a Q-and-A summarizing portions of the act that CEC believes to be of particular interest to special-educators.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 08, 2009
The Council of Exceptional Children (CEC) has a wonderful resource available for schools that are trying to use Response to Intervention with students with emotional/behavioral disorders. The article includes ways that a school can setup a tiered system to provide interventions to these students.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 07, 2009
The federal Institute of Education Sciences has released a practice guide on reading instruction and response to intervention.
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Posted by Beth DuBose on Apr 06, 2009
The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy examined 11 high schools in 9 districts in Massachusetts. These high schools have recently reduced their dropout rates by using strategic interventions designed for their at-risk students. By identifying students that were at-risk of dropping out, these high schools were able to develop targeted interventions for these students.
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