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Helping Students Remember What They’ve Learned
By Ezra Werb, M.Ed., author of Teach for Attention! A Tool Belt of Strategies for Engaging Students with Attention Challenges I don’t know about you, but I have a hard time remembering things. I have several calendars with upcoming engagements … Continue reading
Strategies for Helping At-Risk Students Succeed
By Barbara Gruener Part of our Counselor’s Corner series. Click to read other posts in the Counselor’s Corner. When you hear the term at risk, your initial inquiry might be: At risk of what? An online dictionary defines at risk … Continue reading
Creating an Inclusive Classroom for Students with Special Needs
By Andrew Hawk Pull-out teaching models are falling out of use whether we agree or disagree with the change. Every year, federal and state departments of education raise the amount of time special education students are expected to spend in general … Continue reading
Thoughts on Being Inclusive—In Books and Beyond
Recently a television ad for a cleaning product depicted a dad with only one hand doing household tasks and interacting with his kids. Nothing in the ad addressed his missing left hand; it was simply about the cleaning product being … Continue reading
