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Tag Archives: education
10-Item Test On What Is Most Important in Education
Tests have become the fashion in education these days, with everyone, it seems, being assessed on their ability to increase test scores. I’ve developed this test (not yet standardized) to help teachers get in touch with their own inner sense … Continue reading
15 Reasons Why Standardized Tests are Worthless
It’s wonderful to see all the protests around the country against standardized testing. At Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, teachers are refusing to administer the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP). In Texas, hundreds of school districts have passed a … Continue reading
7 Ways to Adapt the Common Core Standards for Students with Special Needs
The establishment of Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for students nationwide represents a particularly robust challenge for teachers of students with special needs. On the one hand, advocates for students with disabilities have made it clear that they want these students to be … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Neurodiversity, Reading, Special Education, Standardized Testing, Uncategorized
Tagged academic achievement, assessment, assistive technologies, CCSS, Common Core State Standards, differentiation, disabilities, education, language arts instruction, learning, mathematics instruction, Neurodiversity, reading, school standards, Special Education, special needs, students with disabilities, teaching, Universal Design for Learning
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Read Transcript of Online Chat on How to Create a Strength-Based Classroom
Today I did an online chat (text-based), which was sponsored by Education Week Teacher, and moderated by Associate Editor Liana Heitin. Basically the way it worked was, people from around the country (and the world, too, I think) sent in … Continue reading
Posted in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilties, Media Events, Neurodiversity, Special Education
Tagged ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, collaborative teaching, Common Core Standards, diversity, Down syndrome, education, Education Week Teacher, IEP meetings, learning disabilities, Neurodiversity, online chat, Special Education, special needs, strength based classroom, Universal Design for Learning
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Appreciating Special Education Students’ Diversity: Education Week Commentary
Today’s edition of Education Week, education’s news site of record, contains a Commentary piece that I wrote on the importance of valuing the strengths of students with special needs. In the article I write about my experience as a special … Continue reading
Posted in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Education, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilties, Media Events, Neurodiversity, Special Education
Tagged Ari Ne'eman, diversity, education, Education Week, learning, Neurodiversity, Special Education, special needs, strength-based learning, teaching
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