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Inclusion Horror

Okay, okay, I'm finding it a bit hard to get anyone to give us some exclusion success stories. (See Inclusion Co-Teaching Helps and Hints for the Rest of Us.) So, I guess I have to start the ball rolling with an inclusion horror story of my own. I believe in inclusion...

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About.co...ducation — January 30

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Social Skills for Valentines Day

As Valentines Day approaches, many teachers are preparing for the crafts, the party, the excitement of Valentines Day. For many typically developing children it is their only foray into the exciting adult world of boy-girl relationships. For many children with learning disabilities, espe...

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About.co...ducation — January 24

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Same Sex Schools?

Teaching Tolerance, an online newsletter of the Southern Poverty Center, addresses a growing trend in schools to segregate boys and girls into separate classrooms in an article, "Gender Segregation: Separate but Effective?" The practice is based on the work of Dr. Leonard Sax, a c...

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About.co...ducation — January 22

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Co-teaching Pulling Out Ahead

Okay, the survey wasn't meant as a race, or a competition between teams. At writing I had 229 responses, 14 percent who are still doing pull out, 15 percent whose students only go to specials with typical students, 31 percent who are doing push in, and 37% who are in co-teaching situations....

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About.co...ducation — January 17

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So Whats Up With Your Paradigm?

I'm mentoring a couple of new teachers at my facility. It's kind of interesting to watch them move in--I was struck how furniture got moved to fill some pre-conceived notion of what a classroom should look like. I was reminded of the first time I heard Hans Kung, the Swiss theologian,...

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About.co...ducation — January 10

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Read It and Weep

Candace Cortiella, my new email friend over at the Advocacy Institute, has been shooting me lots of great stuff. I want to draw your attention to a URL (Article) she sent me publishing the results of a study done by Susan Etscheidt at the University of Northern Iowa. Susan reviewed 800 d...

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About.co...ducation — January 08