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Special-education teacher Elizabeth Stein writes about engaging and relaxing her students with learning disabilities through "outrageous" lessons, the subject of a book by Stanley Pogrow, a professor of educational leadership at San Francisco State University. Pogrow, who has developed other approaches for accelerating progress among struggling students, advocates outrageous lessons to help teachers better engage students with content and develop a stronger student-teacher relationship by introducing lessons with humor and the element of surprise. Teacher Leaders Network (6/3)

Educators: Signing is an effective communication tool for many children
An Iowa educator offers instruction in American Sign Language to young children who can hear as a way to reduce frustration and foster a physical connection to reading, while a speech-language pathologist for the Des Moines, Iowa, schools teaches ASL to preschool children who have communication difficulties associated with autism, Down syndrome and other learning delays. "We find that sign language does not delay or prevent their speech from developing at all," the speech pathologist said. The Des Moines Register (Iowa) (6/2)


Home-based school adapts to needs of students with disabilities
Sonrisa School in Mission Viejo, Calif., offers a learning environment that caters to students with autism, Down syndrome, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other special needs. Educator Priya Guttal, who has been operating the school out of her home for 10 years, incorporates mile-long walks and trips to the grocery store into the state-approved academic curriculum, which she adapts to meet each student's individual needs. The Orange County Register (Calif.) (6/3)
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Educational Leadership

Teach for America recruits make progress at struggling Okla. school
New teachers from the nonprofit Teach for America made a noticeable difference in their first year at a struggling Tulsa, Okla., middle school, administrators said. "It really has been a really good experience to have teachers who really want to be in a high-poverty school," the school's principal said. "They have been very enthusiastic and very willing to do whatever they can to make our students successful. Once these students saw that these teachers were in it for the long haul, the kids started to trust that." Tulsa World (Okla.) (6/3)



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Technology Trends

Students take on disability awareness with film project
Students at a Michigan middle school are raising awareness about people with disabilities through films they created for a technology class. Students researched disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome, wrote original scripts, and filmed and edited their short pieces, which were judged at a schoolwide event that helped raise money for a local chapter of the Special Olympics. The school's film-class teacher said students learn about technology, teamwork and a better understanding of what their peers with disabilities go through. Press & Argus (Howell, Mich.) (6/3)
Should public dollars fund virtual charter schools?


An estimated 200,000 students nationwide are being educated full-time through an expanding network of virtual public schools that are an offshoot of charter schools. But the per-student funding for the schools is the same or higher than that of traditional schools -- though the virtual schools do not have overhead costs for libraries, playgrounds, buses or cafeterias. Education expert Diane Ravitch questions whether taxpayer money should be spent for the benefit of the for-profit companies that operate the schools, but supporters say virtual schooling is expensive. The New York Times (free registration)/The Bay Citizen (6/3)
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Policy News

Teacher: High-stakes testing is harming students with disabilities
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act's focus on testing is harming the education of disadvantaged students and those with special needs, writes Renee Moore, a past Mississippi state teacher of the year and Milken Award winner. Moore is part of a group of teachers offering feedback to Obama administration officials on ESEA as they prepare to reform the law. Moore shares a story of a student with learning disabilities who was ready to give up on school because of the state tests he had to take being too difficult, as well as an overcrowded classroom that left little time for individual instruction. Teacher Magazine (premium article access compliments of EdWeek.org) (6/2)

Which states will adopt national academic standards?

Some states such as Wisconsin and North Carolina have already signed on to national academic standards released Wednesday, while other states remain undecided. Although 48 states participated in the development of the common standards, states such as Massachusetts -- which is considered to have the country's most rigorous academic guidelines -- are under federal pressure to adopt the standards. The Christian Science Monitor (6/2) , Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/3) , The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) (6/3)
Other News

N.J. district to educate students with special needs closer to home
NorthJersey.com (Hackensack, N.J.)/Fort Lee Suburbanite (free registration) (6/4)

Eye on Exceptionalities


Educators honor students with special needs by publishing book
Special-education teachers at a Maryland school honored two of their students with disabilities by surprising them with a published paperback version of their creative work. The students -- 18-year-old Elizabeth Garcia, who has cerebral palsy and 21-year-old Drew Mack, who has autism -- wrote and illustrated "The Adventures of a Silly Cat," the tales of a cat who tries unsuccessfully to become an elephant. The book is available online at Xlibris.com/bookstore. The Gazette (Gaithersburg, Md.) (6/2)


New program provides early autism diagnosis, intervention
Early Foundations, a pilot program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, is providing early diagnosis and intervention for young children suspected of having autism. The federally funded pilot program offers 17 hours per week of services, including play groups, behavioral therapy and weekly house visits, and it is being tested in Cleveland and a number of Canadian counties, as well. "It's changed our lives, it really has," one parent said. The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) (6/3)



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CEC releases new ESEA/NCLB recommendations

CEC has issued comprehensive recommendations pertaining to the upcoming reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No Child Left Behind. This document calls on Congress to include provisions that fully address the needs of students with exceptionalities and the professionals who work on their behalf. Read CEC's recommendations now.
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