Understanding Bipolar Disorder (Video)
Looking
for Goals & Objectives for an Upcoming IEP? Click here.
New
Math Resource:
Calculators.org/games
A variety of fun games to help teach
math skills in a free online arcade that open in a tab with no branding,
navigation, ads, or any other distracting elements, so students can learn
math while having fun learning in a focused environment.
36
Free Educational Resources Kids Can Use At Home
250
Ivy League Courses You Can Take Online for Free
Twinkl.com
Access to over 525,000 teacher-created resources for just $5/mo:
Pre-K - 5th, Special Ed and Christian Ed.
Learn
About: Eosinophilic
(ee-uh-sin-uh-fil-ik) Esophagitis (EoE)
An allergic swallowing disorder. It is often triggered
by food. EoE may be triggered by pollen as well. Both children and adults
can have EoE.
Taco
Bell is giving away $21 million in college scholarships—and they don’t care
about SATs or GPA
Mightier.com
by Neuromotion Labs
“With our bioresponsive games, kids learn self regulation to help
them thrive.” Developed and tested at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard
Medical School.
Featured
Resource: Grand Rapids Academic Summer
Program (For All Michigan Kids!)
GRASP is a Reading and Math correspondence program for children
completing grades K-8. There is also an online version for grades 4-8. The
program seeks to help students retain skills learned during the past school
year by providing review exercises created by curriculum professionals and
teachers. GRASP has 9 lessons to be submitted during the summer—one per week
or at their own pace to work around other activities, as long as everything
is submitted by the deadline. Each lesson reinforces the basic skills
typically found in most curricula at that particular grade level. GRASP
staff score the lesson and return it to the student with comments. Online
students get immediate results. Students who successfully complete at least
7 of 9 lessons by the deadline are awarded a GRASP certificate. A medal is
awarded for 9 successfully completed lessons. For more information or to
enroll, go to http://grasp.grps.org or
call (616) 819-2548.
New
Resource from Galludet! What
is ASL Connect all about?
ASL Connect is intended to be a central resource for learning ASL and
about Deaf Studies online, with all content created by Deaf ASL-fluent
scholars. We offer ways to learn some basic ASL online to get you started,
and then we offer highly engaging and interactive ASL and Deaf Studies
courses online.
New
Math Resources!
Graphing Puppies
- How do you get a middle schooler stoked about graphs? One word: puppies!
Home Design-Inspired
Activities for Kids
- What better way to learn about geometry and other core concepts than
designing a room or even a whole home?
10 Enjoyable Math
Crafts And Activities For World Maths Day
- If your student thinks they’re destined to hate math because they prefer
to use the creative side of their brain, give a few of these activities a
try.
70 Cool Math Games
- If you disguise math as a game (or 70!), kids won’t mind learning
arithmetic.
Cooking with Recipes
- Kids won’t be able to resist learning about fractions, multiplication and
division if their favorite recipe plays a part. This lesson also has
customizable, printable worksheets.
Featured
Resource: Khan Academy
You can learn anything. For free. For everyone.
Forever.
Which
Dyslexia Program is Right For Your Child?
Read about the differences between Barton, Lindamood-Bell
LiPS and ABeCeDarian.
Once
At Rock Bottom, This Northern Michigan Elementary Now Produces Stars
By almost any indicator, the students at Kenwood Elementary in
Cadillac should be poor readers. Almost 3/4 of Kenwood students are
economically disadvantaged, in a state that ranks 44th in the nation in
low-income 4th grade reading skills. More than 9/10 of students at the
school are white; Michigan’s poor, white students rank a dismal 49th in 4th
rade reading, ahead of only Alaska. Yet these low-income students are
reading all-stars, meeting Michigan’s 4th grade reading standards at double
the rate of poor students elsewhere in the state.
Detroit
Might Create Special Schools for Students with Special Needs
GAMES
FOR LEARNING: From MIT
Playful approaches for building
cognitive skills and exploring science & math. Games play an important role
in the learning process: they provide a safe, creative environment in which
children learn to experiment, collaborate and problem-solve. We work with
educators to make sure our games tie into their math and science
curriculums. The games we develop can be played on computers or mobile
devices, and are used both inside and outside the classroom.
Love:
A Story About Who You Truly Are
In 2006 Anita Moorjani succumbed to cancer, had a near death
experience, and came back miraculously healed. Her books "Dying to Be Me"
and "What if THIS is Heaven?" are New York Times best sellers. In this book,
she shares with children what she wishes she had learned as a child and the
secret of her miraculous healing.
Derelict
School Becomes National Leader by Making a Surprising Subject Compulsory
We were in special measures. We had low staff morale, parents not
happy with the school, results were poor and nobody wanted to come here, we
had budget issues. It's a downward spiral when you're there.
Doting
Grandfather Murders Family, After Taking Just 2 of These
It's the world's second most prescribed antidepressant, taken for
everything from anxiety, depression, irritability, muscle tension and
fatigue. Up to 85 percent get addicted within weeks.
9
Back-to-School Tips for Parents and Students
Between the social-media-fueled pressure, college admissions madness
and bullying, schools today can be a minefield. We collected some
education-themed Op-Eds to help guide families as they settle into the new
year.
Now
what? A Familiar Fear When Disabled Children Turn 26
The murder-suicide of a respected educator and his son serves as a
rallying cry to some about the stresses that begin when special education
ends.
Cyber
Bullying: The Complete Resource Guide
A list of the best resources on cyberbullying prevention including
guidance for victims.
