Latest Schools News

School workers object to proposed benefit changes
By KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN Hundreds of active and retired teachers and other school employees crowded into a Senate hearing Wednesday to voice concerns that proposed changes to their retirement benefits would unfairly push more costs onto them and even …
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Religious order in bankruptcy has ties to several local high schools
The Irish Christian Brothers, who founded Brother Rice and Leo high schools in Chicago, and St. Laurence High School in Burbank, are trying to cap damages from allegations some members of their order molested the children they taught.
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East St. Louis district to close five schools
LOUIS • In response to declining enrollment and a budget deficit of about $ 12 million, the troubled East St. Louis School District plans to close five schools at the end of the school year. In addition to cutting costs, the closings are expected to …
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Latest Learning Disabilities News

Connecting the brain – What's New Today!
According to experts, when these reflexes are not initiated, integrated or inhibited in a child, they will prevent the natural maturity of the neural systems, leading to postural and behavioural problems, and learning difficulties in children.
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Hingham mom pens handbook to help others
… autism, autistic spectrum, autistic-like features, visual and/or hearing problems, developmental delays, learning disabilities, heart, liver or kidney disease, gastrointestinal disorders, severe constipation, diabetes, increased risk of infection, …
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Volunteering opportunities for learning disabled
by Mariclare Carey-Jones – last updated Sat 7 Apr 2012 Hywel Dda Health Board has become the first in Wales to offer specific volunteering opportunities for people with learning disabilities. Speech and language are the team's main area of focus.
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Latest Learning Disabilities News

Rise in number of dementia and learning disability patients being restrained …
There has been a rise in the number of people with dementia or learning disabilities, being restrained in care homes and hospitals, according to the Care Quality Commission. The commission has published its second annual report on the operation of the …
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UCO offers a first-hand look at life with disabilities
EDMOND — The University of Central Oklahoma invites community members to participate in hands-on learning experiences during its annual Disability Awareness Week from 10 am to 2 pm April 2-6, fostering understanding of the challenges people living …
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Alternative Resolutions: Guidance makes success for all possible
Q: I was diagnosed with a learning disability in fifth grade. I received specialized services and aids outlined by an Individual Education Plan (IEP), which helped me achieve success throughout my remaining school years. I was so excited to find a good …
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Latest Schools News

Despite reports giving poor grades to Wyo. charter school law, charters still …
Wyoming is attracting a lot of interest from charter school organizations and needs to improve its charter school law to make sure such schools are of the highest quality, Kari Cline, executive director of the Wyoming Association of Public Charter …
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Prom Dresses: Should Schools Be Cracking Down On Scandalous Formalwear?
As high school girls across the country embark on the hunt for the perfect dress, parents and schools are on a mission to ban dresses deemed "inappropriate" from school-funded events. And with the 2012 prom trend forecasts featuring more scandalous …
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Houston, Miami Schools in Final Four for M Broad Prize
Palm Beach, Southern California districts also in running for urban education award The four urban school districts in the running for the Broad Prize, one of the nation's most prestigious district awards, were announced Wednesday.
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Latest Schools News

Company eyes alumni to boost student-loan bonds
By Adam Tempkin April 5 (IFR) – San Francisco-based start-up lender SoFi has a novel idea to revive the moribund market in student-loan bonds — get alumni to invest in their schools. More precisely, get them to invest in securities backed by loans to …
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Chickasaw, Satsuma school officials: Today is a day for the history books
"It's done," Chickasaw school board President Bob McFall said after the paperwork to separate from the Mobile County Public School System – representing eight month's worth of negotiations – was signed. He and Satsuma school board President Linda …
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Latest Learning Disabilities News

Clayton Couple Donate iPad Funds to Students with Learning Disabilities
Morrie and Miki Zimring made the donation to provide tablets to Webster Groves-based Miriam School, which serves children who have complex learning disabilities. Miriam School's Angie Lavin gets ready to hand out the new iPads to Blake Tajkarimi, …
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SPED teachers to undergo intensive summer training
This is the marching order of Luistro to SPED teachers and schools officials who will undego a 27-day intensive summer training to enable them to better attend to the educational needs of children who are gifted and those with learning disabilities.
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Latest Learning Disabilities News

With New Numbers on Increase in Autism Prevalence, it's More Important than …
Easter Seals Helps Kids Get the Best Start in Life Every year, more than one million young children with unidentified disabilities–including autism–enter school with learning and health issues that put them far behind their peers and have a lasting, …
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6 Tips for Parents of Students With Learning Disabilities
After dropping out of high school, Daniel Paris was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and multiple learning disabilities, including dyslexia. But with the proper diagnosis, proper advocacy and proper accommodations, he eventually …
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Five Misconceptions About Learning Disabilities
One in five of the American students identified as having a learning disability will walk away from their education. That's compared to a dropout rate of 8 percent in the general population. Just as startling: Close to half of the secondary students …
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Latest Dyslexia News

'As a child I was treated like an idiot and chastised constantly': Under the …
Dyslexia, because I wasn't diagnosed until I was in my 30s. As a child I was treated like an idiot and chastised constantly. It makes me so mad thinking about it. HAS IT BEEN PASSED ON TO YOUR CHILDREN? Yes, all three of my children have it, …
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Student, 17, has designs on dyslexic help
Georgina Nichol-James, 17, of Caerwenog, Trelech, has designed a special educational toy, named the named X-ray i, designed to help dyslexic children improve their reading. Georgina, who is dyslexic herself, came up with the idea after seeing how …
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Latest Dyslexia News

Doctors flip view of dyslexia
By CONNIE MEARS When most people think of the word “dyslexia,” they think of someone who writes letters backward, said Bainbridge Island mom Charlotte Rovelstad. “Typically, as a parent, you realize your child is not progressing as expected in reading, …
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Latest Dyslexia News

Offering hope for dyslexics
By Katie Bartel – Chilliwack Progress Dyslexia is not a curse, it's a gift according to a retired Chilliwack teacher who spent a good portion of his teaching career working with gifted students. Walter Loewen, an educational consultant, …
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