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LD News: News You Can Use
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The latest headlines from the LD field
NCLD Hosts Chat on Enhancing Early Literacy for English Language Learners
New CAAL Report Urges National Opportunity System for Adults
Education Department Unveils Web Site to Combat "Diploma Mills"
Teachers and the IEP Planning Process
College and Students with LD
New Study on the Effects of New Teacher Induction on Teacher Migration and Attrition
2005 Student Video Discovery Awards
NCSET Offers a Teleconference on Minority Disproportionality in Special Education
NCLD Hosts Chat on Enhancing Early Literacy for English Language Learners
The next topic in NCLD's
LD Talk
series will be
Enhancing Early Literacy for English Language Learners
, and our expert will be Dr. Jana Echevarria, a member of NCLD's professional advisory board and professor of special education at California State University. The online chat follows the recent NCLD Early Literacy Screening Forum. Chat will take place on Tuesday, March 29, 2005, 5-6 p.m. EST.; the site will be open for questions the week before.
For more information on LD Talk and to read past chat transcripts:
www.ldtalk.org
.
New CAAL Report Urges National Opportunity System for Adults
According to a new report by the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy, there is a shortage of young people in the education system to fill the nation's future workforce needs. For this reason, CAAL argues for an increased focus of resources and attention on the three million adult education students and 30 to 50 million other adults with low basic literacy skills.
For more information:
http://www.caalusa.org
Education Department Unveils Web Site to Combat "Diploma Mills"
In an effort to combat "diploma mills""companies that offer fraudulent degrees and fall outside of the domain of the accreditation process, the U.S. Department of Education recently unveiled a new Web site. The Web site offers students and employers access to a master list of accredited colleges, universities, and career and trade schools
For more information:
http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation
Teachers and the IEP Planning Process
The newly reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act contains a provision which allows teachers and others to be excluded from Individualized Education Program meetings if the parent and the school district agree in writing that their presence is unnecessary. Instead of being present, teachers would have to provide written input.
For more information:
http://r.smartbrief.com/resp/gAhZdHjImAodKyic
College and Students with LD
SchwabLearning.org offers a new article about the transition to college for students with LD. The article, which includes a comparison between high school and college, is written by Dr. Loring Brinckerhoff who is the director of the office of disability policy at Educational Testing Services.
For more information:
http://schwablearning.chtah.com/a/hBCJSZXANqWuFAVtmDuALofH99T/ schw8
New Study on the Effects of New Teacher Induction on Teacher Migration and Attrition
According to the Association for Supervision and Curriculum, high-quality hiring and support practices can positively affect the rate of turnover of staff and the extent to which teachers are effective in the classroom. For example, teachers who have mentors in the same subject area and access to collective induction experiences are less likely to move to another school or to leave the profession.
For more information:
http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ ascd/menuitem.bf94f2521501fd98dd1b2110d3108a0c/
2005 Student Video Discovery Awards
Apple Computer and Avid Technologies have joined Discovery Education in supporting the 2005 Student Video Discovery Awards. The awards recognize excellence in student video production and are presented by eSchool News.
For more information:
http://email.e-mailnetworks.com/ct/ct.php?t=865732&c=491452905&m=m&type=1
NCSET Offers a Teleconference on Minority Disproportionality in Special Education
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition will host a teleconference on March 31, 2005 at 12 pm CST. The teleconference "Minority Disproportionality in Special Education and the Achievement Gap: Common Issues, Shared Solutions" will be hosted by Dr. Anthony Sims from the Institute for Educational Leadership.
For more information:
http://www.ncset.org/teleconferences/default.asp
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