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War on Words - Banning "Men" from Textbooks
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/search-results/m/25524489/war-on-words.htm
Special interest groups are lobbying different states' boards of education in order to affect what words will be read by our children in their textbooks. This effort to control or indoctrinate our children by controlling the language that is used in textbooks is an effort to change the social fabric of our country.
Using Primary Resource Material for History Study
Link: http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/
History can be fun and exciting. Finding great historical fiction can encourage a love of reading and a love of history. Biographies are a great way to make history come alive through the life and experiences of historical figures. Another important source for learning history, especially for high school students, is through reading primary resource material or the original documents. The University of Oklahoma College of Law website has an excellent list of historical documents vital to learning U.S. History.
Disability Rights North Carolina Gears Up for Legal Battles
Link: http://tinyurl.com/lprpwj
"The State is looking at a number of cuts and eliminations to services for children that, in isolation, are troubling, but when taken together, could prove disastrous to our state's children with disabilities."
As significant budget cuts are being considered by the N.C. General Assembly, the Board of Directors of Disability Rights North Carolina have approved transfer of all available resources in order to legally challenge specific cuts being proposed to services for people with disability. Closing of NC's school for the blind is certainly a violation of many children's rights to a free and appropriate public education as outlined by IDEA.
New Early Dismissal on Wed. in Wake Co, NC
Link: http://blogs.newsobserver.com/wakeed/wake-pta-praising-the-weekly-early-dismissals
Both the Wake County school board and new Wake County PTA Council praise the new early release policy that will be implemented as of today. Children will be released 1 hour early on Wednesday afternoons with a 2 1/2 hour early release every sixth Wednesday. In an attempt at maintaining the required number of instructional hours and days during the year, ten minutes will be added to each school day during the rest of the week.
This new policy will add more stress in the lives of families which have both parents working outside the home. Childcare during the middle of the day for an added hour once a week will be a nightmare to find. In reality, it promotes more latch-key kids.
True, but Funny, Fact for Kids of All Ages
Link: http://archive.ely.anglican.org/education/funnyfacts.htm
Amaze your friends with your knowledge of these true, but funny (and sometimes yucky) facts.
Shakespeare invented the word "assassination" and "bump."
Marilyn Monroe had six toes on one foot.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do.
The average chocolate bar has 8 insects' legs in it.
The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime at night.
Timmy's Tutor Cartoon
07/05/09 15:14 , Categories: general education , Tags: cartoon, education, educational, fun, timmy's tutor Link: http://www.timmystutor.com
Timmy's Tutor is a new cartoon series that has been created for Creative Tutors. What a fun way to explore education. Check out the website and follow Timmy and his wonderful tutor Miss Rita on their educational journey.
Brain Integration Therapy
07/01/09 14:32 , Categories: Learning Disabilities , Tags: brain integration therapy, learning disabilities, special needs Link: http://diannecraft.com/
Dianne Craft was a speaker at the HEAV conference this year. I really enjoyed her workshops. She has a lot of great materials for teaching children with special learning needs and offers information on Brain Integration Therapy which will help open blocked learning gates. This allows the child to take in, store and retrieve learned information much easier.
