From the FCPS Newswire: Pave the way to success for your sixth through twelfth child with a test preparation class, or make sure your rising ninth through...
The June Newsletter is available at http://www.fcps.edu/cco/prc/documents/PRCNewsletterJune2011.pdf Upcoming workshops: The Lives of Students with Gifts and...
Did you know that 27% of students at 4-year colleges and 45% (some say as many as 60%) of students at community colleges require remedial courses? This is an...
From the FCPS Newswire: New graduation requirements, that were approved by the Virginia Board of Education in 2009 and will affect rising high school freshmen...
A new AdditudeMag.com article focuses on "coping with anger, fights" ... with some tips for all parents of teens on working with kids to manage differences of...
Hi! A friend of mine who is a George Washington School of Ed professor is seeking 2 families to assist 2 graduate students in special education. Each of these...
From the FCPS Newswire: At its April 4 work session, the Fairfax County School Board reviewed Superintendent Jack Dale's recommendations for changes to the...
(PEATC is the federally and state-funded Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center, headquartered in Falls Church.) PEATC has been receiving a lot of calls...
from the LD Online Newsline The quadratic equation may have instilled horror in many of us. But for some 5 to 7 percent of the population even basic...
The FCPS Office of Intervention and Prevention Services will again be offering Summer Parent Clinic. Parents will have an opportunity to schedule a 45 minute...
Interesting article from EdWeek: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/07/19/tln_george.html?tkn=ZUSF%2Bpmdp5lR8bvAG%2F6JjPTVaxf9X0EcCFuP&cmp=ENL-EU-VIEWS2...
"Transition of Students With Disabilities to Postsecondary Education: A Guide for High School Educators" provides answers to questions students with...
From LD Advisory, a Facebook site: The National Center for Learning Disabilities offers a document on college transition written by Colleen Lewis, the Director...
From the CEC Smartbrief: Deanna Jones, a third-year Vermont Law School student who cannot see and who has learning disabilities, took a national legal ethics...
From the Parent Education Advocacy Training Center (PEATC): SAVE THE DATE September 27, 2011 When Good Kids Get Caught Doing Bad Things Navigating the Zero...
A new posting on the Child-Psych blog discusses "school refusal," and kids with higher than average anxiety. An interesting aspect is that these kids have...
From LD Advisory (see on Facebook if interested): From the Community College of Allegheny, this is a very nice chart that covers the difference between high...
This is an interesting piece on ways to make classrooms more ADD/ADHD-friendly: http://www.additudemag.com/adhd/article/4039.html This is also something that's...
LANGUAGE! - Tuesday, August 30, from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Nancy Eberhardt, M.A., co-author of LANGUAGE!, will present an overview of the LANGUAGE! curriculum, a...
Informational Session on Concussions in Youth Sports, sponsored by Braddock District Supervisor John C. Cook When: Tuesday, August 30, 7:30 p.m. Where:...
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This is an ADDitude article regarding how to be successful in college; many of the suggestions, however, are relevant to the high school setting and...
The Council for Exceptional Children's webinar series on autism spectrum disorders is intended to provide "practitioners who work with students with autism...
Because of legislation passed by the 2010 General Assembly, one additional credit in economics and personal finance must be completed prior to graduation...
From the CEC Smartbrief: Spending and policy for K-12 education is expected to be on the agenda of Congress, which is back to work this week. Lawmakers are...
Education is moving away from the traditional industrial model and evolving into an era of customization in which individual student goals drive the learning...
